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RE: Building setup.exe


Max Bowsher wrote:
> Morrison, John wrote:
>> Max Bowsher wrote:
>>> Morrison, John wrote:
>>>> $ make release
>>>> <snip>compiling messages</snip>
>>>> 
>>>> windres --preprocessor "gcc -mno-cygwin -E -xc-header -DRC_INVOKED"
>>>> --include-dir . -o res.o res.rc
>>>> make: *** No rule to make target `zlib/libzcygw.a', needed by
>>>> `setup.exe'. Stop. 
>>>> 
>>>> Oops :)  What's next?  (or should I not make release first?)
>>> 
>>> Right.
>> 
>> Err, right?  Right what?  What do I need to do to get an exe?
> 
> Well, *yes*, you shouldn't run make release first. Do "make".

Doh!  Sorry, am (obviously) not feeling too bright this morning.
Take my advice; don't accept any patches from me without *REALLY*
going through it! ;)

Thanks, everything works now.  Do you want me to read through your
revised web page before it goes up?

>> PS, I'm subscribed to -apps, you can remove me from the reply.
>> I'd set the reply to, but I'm limited to Outlook at work and
>> don't know how :|
> 
> Using OE here - haven't yet found another mailer which is both GUI
> and non-hideously ugly. So, I've done it this time, but may not
> always remember. 

Hey, no worries.

Thanks for all the help,

J.


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