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diff --git a/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-0.13.62/msvc8/README.TXT b/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-0.13.62/msvc8/README.TXT deleted file mode 100644 index 4767a06787e..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/libs/zziplib/zziplib-0.13.62/msvc8/README.TXT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -These project files were tested with the -free Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. - -Visual C++ Express does NOT include the Win32 SDK Headers. -They must be downloaded separately as documented in the -installation instructions at Microsoft - consequently that -extra installation must be referenced via a system variable: -Set MSSdk=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK - -In order to compile you need a valid Zlib SDK - you can -download it from zlib.org in the archive zlib123-dll.zip - -I had unpacked them to $(zziplibdir)/zlib inside the -toplevel of the zziplib source tree. That SDK does ship -with a "zlib1.dll" runtime and "zdll.lib" import library. - -The new Visual Studio has depracated most of the Win32 API -just as well as most of the Posix API. That provokes a lot -of warning message in surplus of the many warning message -that occur on every implicit conversion between signed and -unsigned types. Other compilers are more clever about -detecting real conversion issues, therefore they are not -going to be "patched away" with an explicit conversion in -the source files (I expect Microsoft to get it right somewhen). - -== Download Places == -http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/ -= central place referenced a lot in the MSDN but the link is broken - -http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/f/a5f0d781-e201-4ab6-8c6a-9bb4efed1e1a/PSDK-x86.exe -http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/f/a5f0d781-e201-4ab6-8c6a-9bb4efed1e1a/PSDK-amd64.exe -http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/5/f/a5f0d781-e201-4ab6-8c6a-9bb4efed1e1a/PSDK-ia64.exe -= Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK Web Install (win32/win64/.. - but SDK for all CPU types) - -http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/a/d/fad9efde-8627-4e7a-8812-c351ba099151/PSDK-x86.exe -http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/a/d/fad9efde-8627-4e7a-8812-c351ba099151/PSDK-ia64.exe -http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/a/d/fad9efde-8627-4e7a-8812-c351ba099151/PSDK-amd64.exe -= Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK Web Install (win32/win64/.. - but SDK for all CPU types) - -http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/9/1/A91D6B2B-A798-47DF-9C7E-A97854B7DD18/VC.iso -= Visual C++ Express CD-image -http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/6/F/C6F4733B-67C7-4C15-9F21-61F7A3167505/VCS.iso -= Visual C# Express CD-image - -http://zlib.net/zlib123-dll.zip (broken) -http://zlib.net/zlib125-dll.zip -= unpack one of them into zzip-0/zlib (if using the subversion checkout) - -== Environment Variables == -On Windows-7 the environment variables can be found in the -control panel > system information > change name settings > extras tab > click button - -== Debug Variables == -To run the zziptest for debugging the solution file has now a setting -in Properties > Debugging > Environment > PATH=$(InputDir)\..\zlib\ -so that the zlib1.dll can be found. This needs to be adapted if the -zlib123-dll.zip was unpackaged somewhere else. - -== Compiling Error == -'can not delete debug/*.idb' - occurs when running MSVC in a VMWare box -pointing to a Unix drive; create a symlink `ln -s Debug debug` to fix it. -There are Pre/Post-Build Rules to remove *.idb but sometimes its left over. |