Commit c02307e9 authored by native-api's avatar native-api Committed by Steve Dower

bpo-31691: Specify how to build installer in Windows (#4430)

parent a2f1be0b
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For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt. For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt.
All you need to do to build is open the solution "pcbuild.sln" in Visual To build modules that depend on external libraries, you need to download
Studio, select the desired combination of configuration and platform, (and, for some of them, build) those first. It's thus recommended to build
from the command line once as specified below under "Getting External Sources"
as that does this automatically.
Then, to continue development, you can open the solution "pcbuild.sln" in
Visual Studio, select the desired combination of configuration and platform,
then build with "Build Solution". You can also build from the command then build with "Build Solution". You can also build from the command
line using the "build.bat" script in this directory; see below for line using the "build.bat" script in this directory; see below for
details. The solution is configured to build the projects in the correct details. The solution is configured to build the projects in the correct
order. order.
To build an installer package, refer to the README in the Tools/msi folder.
The solution currently supports two platforms. The Win32 platform is The solution currently supports two platforms. The Win32 platform is
used to build standard x86-compatible 32-bit binaries, output into this used to build standard x86-compatible 32-bit binaries, output into this
directory. The x64 platform is used for building 64-bit AMD64 (aka directory. The x64 platform is used for building 64-bit AMD64 (aka
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