| Index: man/src/depot_tools_tutorial.txt
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| diff --git a/man/src/depot_tools_tutorial.txt b/man/src/depot_tools_tutorial.txt
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| index 7c08f0f6af86337bd09dd729e91825718b966690..6dfc991525cc5f18dbc2f84c7ad2bfc8b811f6d8 100644
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| --- a/man/src/depot_tools_tutorial.txt
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| +++ b/man/src/depot_tools_tutorial.txt
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| @@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ extract it somewhere.
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| extract the hidden ``.git'' folder which is necessary for 'depot_tools' to
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| autoupdate itself. You can use ``Extract all...'' from the context menu though.
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| -Add 'depot_tools' to the 'end' of your PATH. Assuming you unzipped the
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| -bundle to `C:\workspace\depot_tools`:
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| +Add 'depot_tools' to the 'start' of your PATH (must be ahead of any installs of
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| +Python). Assuming you unzipped the bundle to `C:\workspace\depot_tools`:
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| With Administrator access: ::
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| *Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced system settings*
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| @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Modify the PATH system variable to include `C:\workspace\depot_tools`.
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| Without Administrator access: ::
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| *Control Panel -> User Accounts -> User Accounts -> Change my environment variables*
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| +
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| -Add a PATH user variable: `%PATH%;C:\workspace\depot_tools`.
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| +Add a PATH user variable: `C:\workspace\depot_tools;%PATH%`.
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| From a `cmd.exe` shell, run the command `gclient` (without arguments). On first
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| run, gclient will install all the Windows-specific bits needed to work with the
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| @@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ code, including msysgit and python.
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| * If you see strange errors with the file system on the first run of gclient,
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| you may want to link:http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/faq.html#cantmove2[disable
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| Windows Indexing].
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| -* If you are running Windows XP and see errors like ``The system cannot execute
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| - the specified program'', try installing the
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| - link:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=75886[``Microsoft
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| - Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package''].
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| +* After running gclient open a command prompt and type `where python` and confirm that
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| + the depot_tools python.bat comes ahead of any copies of python.exe. Failing to ensure
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| + this can lead to overbuilding when using gn - see
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| + link:https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=611087[crbug.com/611087].
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