: I was hoping to do it as "cleanly" as possible, with no MSYS or anything, : to be able to stay just with the windows cmd shell. If not I'd be using : Cygwin. :
Yes, you can compile Apache with any Windows C compiler with the help of only Windows OS files. Use the Windows built-in script engine that is, cscript.exe or ( Windows Script Host - WSH ) as it is called, using plain VBScript or JScript files for any script type needed work. http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting Send the VC++ DSP make files into WSH scripts to create GNU makefiles and etc.! These above scripts can even "run" in a HTA Introduction to HTML Applications (HTAs) http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/hta /overview/htaoverview.asp for text boxes, radio and combobox selections, and whatever GUI type stuff needed to pick the compiler - BCC or MingW or Watcom or VC++. Then compile and adjust the Apache source code as needed ( and it will be needed ). WSH Samples: Online The System Administration Scripting Guide http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/sampscr.asp Script Center http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.asp New System Administration Scripting Guide Series on TechNet: "VBScript Primer" http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000ser v/maintain/optimize/script/NETVBScr.asp You will most likely hear that only the Unix type tools can be used. Good luck to you, JLW
