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Update Windows build instructions.
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1 The standalone Windows installer for Mercurial is built in a somewhat
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2 jury-rigged fashion.
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4 It has the following prerequisites, at least as I build it:
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6 Python for Windows
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7 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/python-2.4.3.msi
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9 MinGW
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10 http://www.mingw.org/
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12 Python for Windows Extensions
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13 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
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15 mfc71.dll (just download, don't install)
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16 http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/
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18 The py2exe distutils extension
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19 http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/
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21 Inno Setup
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22 http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
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24 ISTool - optional
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25 http://www.istool.org/default.aspx/
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27 add_path (you need only add_path.exe in the zip file)
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28 http://www.barisione.org/apps.html#add_path
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30 And, of course, Mercurial itself.
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32 Once you have all this installed and built, clone a copy of the
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33 Mercurial repository you want to package, and name the repo
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34 C:\hg\hg-release.
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36 In a shell, build a standalone copy of the hg.exe program:
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38 python setup.py build -c mingw32
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39 python setup.py py2exe -b 1
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41 Note: the previously suggested combined command of "python setup.py build -c
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42 mingw32 py2exe -b 1" doesn't work correctly anymore as it doesn't include the
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43 extensions in the mercurial subdirectory.
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45 If you want to create a file named setup.cfg with the contents:
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47 [build]
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48 compiler=mingw32
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50 you can skip the first build step.
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52 Copy mfc71.dll and add_path.exe into the dist directory that just got created.
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54 If you use ISTool, you open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
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55 file and type Ctrl-F9 to compile the installer file.
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57 Otherwise you run the Inno Setup compiler. Assuming it's on the path you run:
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59 iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
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61 The actual installer will be in the C:\hg\hg-release\Output directory.
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63 To automate the steps above you may want to create a batchfile based on the
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64 following:
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66 echo [build] > setup.cfg
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67 echo compiler=mingw32 >> setup.cfg
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68 python setup.py py2exe -b 1
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69 iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
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71 and run it from the root of the hg repository (c:\hg\hg-release).