X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.win32;h=f7bf25c30e4df045bcf5f6855495f7bd060825b4;hb=262ffc8be548be2f2a2965924cd61b35c8dcbc26;hp=ce798f95abc8a4b0022f8e947f0b20d29b7c1f00;hpb=807d88e1cd2d007ac04425b3a3b198e93491d32f;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index ce798f9..f7bf25c 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ popular 4DOS/NT shell have incompatibilities that may cause you trouble. If the build fails under that shell, try building again with the cmd shell. -The nmake Makefile also has known incompatibilites with the +The nmake Makefile also has known incompatibilities with the "command.com" shell that comes with Windows 9x. You will need to use dmake and makefile.mk to build under Windows 9x. @@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ Make sure you install the binaries that work with MSVCRT.DLL as indicated in the README for the GCC bundle. You may need to set up a few environment variables (usually run from a batch file). +The version of gcc-2.95.2-msvcrt.exe released 7 November 1999 left out +a fix for certain command line quotes, so be sure to download and install +fixes/quote-fix-msvcrt.exe too. + You also need dmake. See L above on how to get it. =back @@ -193,9 +197,9 @@ sure you have done the previous steps correctly. Type "dmake test" (or "nmake test"). This will run most of the tests from the testsuite (many tests will be skipped). -No tests should typically fail when running Windows NT 4.0. Under Windows -2000, test 22 in lib/open3.t is known to fail (cause still unknown). Many -tests will fail under Windows 9x due to the inferior command shell. +There should be no test failures when running under Windows NT 4.0 or +Windows 2000. Many tests I fail under Windows 9x due to the inferior +command shell. Some test failures may occur if you use a command shell other than the native "cmd.exe", or if you are building from a path that contains