Index: windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt |
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--- windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt (revision 50504) |
+++ windows/INSTALL-Windows.txt (working copy) |
@@ -118,14 +118,23 @@ |
cd /c/devel |
tar xzf xz-5.x.x.tar.gz |
cd xz-5.x.x |
- sh windows/build.sh |
+ bash windows/build.bash |
If you used some other directory than C:\devel\tools for the build |
- tools, edit the variables near the beginning of build.sh first. |
+ tools, edit the variables near the beginning of build.bash first. |
If you want to build manually, read the buildit() function in |
- build.sh. Look especially at the latter configure invocation. |
+ build.bash. Look especially at the latter configure invocation. |
Be patient. Running configure and other scripts used by the build |
system is (very) slow under Windows. |
+ |
+Using a snapshot from the Git repository |
+ |
+ To use a snapshot, the build system files need to be generated with |
+ autogen.sh or "autoreconf -fi" before trying to build using the |
+ above build instructions. You can install the relevant extra packages |
+ from MinGW or use Cygwin or use e.g. a GNU/Linux system to create a |
+ source package with the required build system files. |
+ |