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Issue 2526563003: Update the build instructions to be consistent. (Closed)

Patch Set: more updates Created 4 years ago

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1 # Windows Build Instructions	1 # Windows Build Instructions

2	2

	3 **Generally, this page is obsolete and you should look at

	4 [the new page instead](windows_build_instructions.md).**

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3 ## Common checkout instructions	6 ## Common checkout instructions

4	7

5 This page covers Windows-specific setup and configuration. The	8 This page covers Windows-specific setup and configuration. The

6 [general checkout	9 [general checkout

7 instructions](http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/get-the-code) cover	10 instructions](http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/get-the-code) cover

8 installing depot tools and checking out the code via git.	11 installing depot tools and checking out the code via git.

9	12

10 ## Setting up Windows	13 ## Setting up Windows

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12 You must set your Windows system locale to English, or else you may get	15 You must set your Windows system locale to English, or else you may get

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99 3. Store the build tree on a fast disk (preferably SSD).	102 3. Store the build tree on a fast disk (preferably SSD).

100 4. If you are primarily going to be doing debug development builds, you	103 4. If you are primarily going to be doing debug development builds, you

101 should use the component build. Set the [build	104 should use the component build. Set the [build

102 arg](https://www.chromium.org/developers/gn-build-configuration)	105 arg](https://www.chromium.org/developers/gn-build-configuration)

103 `is_component_build = true`.	106 `is_component_build = true`.

104 This will generate many DLLs and enable incremental linking, which makes	107 This will generate many DLLs and enable incremental linking, which makes

105 linking much faster in Debug.	108 linking much faster in Debug.

106	109

107 Still, expect build times of 30 minutes to 2 hours when everything has to	110 Still, expect build times of 30 minutes to 2 hours when everything has to

108 be recompiled.	111 be recompiled.

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