Re: Windows build issues

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 22:11, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On tor, 2011-04-07 at 09:26 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On 04/06/2011 01:34 PM, Dave Page wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Peter Eisentraut<peter_e@gmx.net>  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>      * I have some doubts about whether the SDK is at all needed or
>> >>>        whether it would suffice by itself.  I went with Visual Studio
>> >>>        Express 2008.
>> >>
>> >> The SDK is needed with 2008 Express, but not the non-express version.
>> >> The SDK on it's own should be enough for command line compilation.
>> >
>> >
>> > When you install VC Express 2008 the SDK is installed with it. A separate
>> > install is not required, as it was with VCE 2005.
>>
>> Oh nice :-)
>
> Well, it's good that you guys are almost as confused as I am. :)

yeah, it certainly is confusing.


> Evidently, VC Express 2008 is good by itself, without the separate SDK
> download.
>
> The documentation also appears to imply that the SDK without VC Express
> would be enough.  I can't quite fathom how that would work, because the
> vcbuild.exe is supplied by VC Express.  Then again, the SDK installation
> offers to install a C++ compiler, but I don't know where it put that.

The SDK supplies both the compiler and vcbuild.exe. At least it used
to - but since vcbuild isn't in VC 2010, iirc, it is not likely to be
in the new version of the SDK either..

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