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Update Windows build instructions.
author Lee Cantey <lcantey@gmail.com>
date Thu, 03 May 2007 14:09:09 -0700
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2 jury-rigged fashion. 2 jury-rigged fashion.
3 3
4 It has the following prerequisites, at least as I build it: 4 It has the following prerequisites, at least as I build it:
5 5
6 Python for Windows 6 Python for Windows
7 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/python-2.4.1.msi 7 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/python-2.4.3.msi
8 8
9 MinGW 9 MinGW
10 http://www.mingw.org/ 10 http://www.mingw.org/
11 11
12 Python for Windows Extensions 12 Python for Windows Extensions
19 http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/ 19 http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/
20 20
21 Inno Setup 21 Inno Setup
22 http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php 22 http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
23 23
24 ISTool 24 ISTool - optional
25 http://www.istool.org/default.aspx/ 25 http://www.istool.org/default.aspx/
26 26
27 add_path (you need only add_path.exe in the zip file) 27 add_path (you need only add_path.exe in the zip file)
28 http://www.barisione.org/apps.html#add_path 28 http://www.barisione.org/apps.html#add_path
29 29
33 Mercurial repository you want to package, and name the repo 33 Mercurial repository you want to package, and name the repo
34 C:\hg\hg-release. 34 C:\hg\hg-release.
35 35
36 In a shell, build a standalone copy of the hg.exe program: 36 In a shell, build a standalone copy of the hg.exe program:
37 37
38 python setup.py build -c mingw32 py2exe -b 1 38 python setup.py build -c mingw32
39 python setup.py py2exe -b 1
39 40
40 Copy mfc71.dll and add_path.exe into the dist directory that just 41 Note: the previously suggested combined command of "python setup.py build -c
41 got created. 42 mingw32 py2exe -b 1" doesn't work correctly anymore as it doesn't include the
43 extensions in the mercurial subdirectory.
42 44
43 Run ISTool, and open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss 45 If you want to create a file named setup.cfg with the contents:
44 file.
45 46
46 In ISTool, type Ctrl-F9 to compile the installer file. The actual 47 [build]
47 installer will be in the C:\hg\hg-release\Output directory. 48 compiler=mingw32
49
50 you can skip the first build step.
51
52 Copy mfc71.dll and add_path.exe into the dist directory that just got created.
53
54 If you use ISTool, you open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
55 file and type Ctrl-F9 to compile the installer file.
56
57 Otherwise you run the Inno Setup compiler. Assuming it's on the path you run:
58
59 iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
60
61 The actual installer will be in the C:\hg\hg-release\Output directory.
62
63 To automate the steps above you may want to create a batchfile based on the
64 following:
65
66 echo [build] > setup.cfg
67 echo compiler=mingw32 >> setup.cfg
68 python setup.py py2exe -b 1
69 iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
70
71 and run it from the root of the hg repository (c:\hg\hg-release).