From: Steve Hay Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:20:16 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Resolve [perl #37110]: Update README.win32 X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b4f03596832a66e98636ba69b9c0cfd65114918;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Resolve [perl #37110]: Update README.win32 I give up trying to keep the Platform SDK links up-to-date. They seem to have changed every time that I look at them, so make the instructions more general. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@25513 --- diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 08eb8e4..f825577 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -147,18 +147,14 @@ Framework Redistributable" to be installed first. This can be downloaded and installed separately, but is included in the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" anyway. These packages can all be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at -http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en - -The Platform SDK packages can also be obtained from the Platform SDK Update -site: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate Note that this -site requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later to function, but the site's home -page currently gives links to two download pages for users of other browsers: - -For Windows XP Service Pack 2: -http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/XPSP2FULLInstall.htm - -For Windows Server 2003: -http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm +http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. (Providing exact +links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on +changing so often.) + +Try to obtain the latest version of the Platform SDK. Sometimes these packages +contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on +other OS versions too. For example, the "Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK" +also runs on Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000. According to the download pages the Toolkit and the .NET Framework SDK are only supported on Windows 2000/XP/2003, so trying to use these tools on Windows