windows: update README

provide additional details about the windows build system

Change-Id: I5196b8e743f3cc969e02f5954bdc6ff91c45e7f1
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Jeffrey Altman
2011-05-19 00:31:46 -04:00
parent c591fb466f
commit 5523e33a9f

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@@ -58,10 +58,14 @@ work, but have not been tested.
SetEnv.Cmd /xp /x64 /Debug
The build will produce debug binaries.
The build will produce debug binaries. If you specify
* Add any directories to `PATH` as necessary so that tools required by
the build can be found. The build scripts will check for build
SetEnv.Cmd /xp /x64 /Release
the build will produce release binaries.
* Add any directories to `PATH` as necessary for tools required by
the build to be found. The build scripts will check for build
tools at the start of the build and will indicate which ones are
missing. In general, adding Perl, Python, WiX, HTML Help Compiler and
Cygwin binary directories to the path should be sufficient.
@@ -134,3 +138,10 @@ The build tree can be cleaned with:
nmake /f NTMakefile clean
It is recommended that both AMD64 and X86 builds take place on the
same machine. This permits a multi-platform installer package to
be built. First build for X86 and then build AMD64
nmake /f NTMakefile MULTIPLATFORM_INSTALLER=1
The build must be executed under cmd.exe.