The documentation is indeed confusing at times, especially when using vs.net2005. You can poke around here if you like http://www.blackdot.be/?inc=apache/knowledge/tutorials/x64 its a bit out of date (just don't change the platform to x64).
wrowe: I'm going to redo the tutorial and place it on the wiki for both x86 and x64 once 2.2.7 is released. have you checked out the other guide I put on there? I said you would but I had to leave :) On 10/24/07, Marc Mongenet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I compiled httpd-2.2.6-win32-src-r2.zip with Visual C++ 2005 Express > following the instructions given by > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/platform/win_compiling.html. > On IRC, niq suggested me to post comments/suggestions for improvement > of http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/platform/win_compiling.html > on the dev list. > > Note that I am not very familiar with VC++. > > I propose to separate the "requirements" (disk space, Visual C++ > minimal version, Platform SDK version, awk) from "compilation > instructions" (running VCVARS32, setenv.bat, perl > srclib\apr\build\cvtdsp.pl > -2005, ...) For instance, it is not very clear (for me) if > "c:\Program Files\Platform SDK\setenv.bat" must be run only one > time (installation), or after each reboot (compilation instruction). > > I also suggest to seperate the instructions for command line compilation > from the instructions for the GUI. Because in the current document, it is > not always 100% clear if a sentence applies to command line compilation > or GUI compilation. > > The "Warning about building Apache from the development tree" > (or at least a link to the warning) could be placed somewhere near > the top of the document. > > The paragraph starting with "Exported .mak files pose a greater > hassle" is a bit difficult to understand. > > Minor details: > > I do not have > "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\VCVARS32" > but I have > "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat" > > I do not have > "c:\Program Files\Platform SDK\setenv.bat" > but I have > "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK\SetEnv.Cmd" > (not sure it performs the same actions) > > The GUI did not convert .dsp files to ".msproj" files but to > ".vcproj" files. > > -- > Marc Mongenet > Creator of the Web 2 Markup Language > http://w2ml.com > -- ~Jorge
