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authorYang Tse <yangsita@gmail.com>2009-11-23 11:07:16 +0000
committerYang Tse <yangsita@gmail.com>2009-11-23 11:07:16 +0000
commit083e2df4ed2895d13e8e855350839328ec7f941f (patch)
tree4ec82ec525dc00a522a0c601fba45e560e75a1fc /ares
parentb7997d8a3bf91cab1b1545aadcdecc9328d48fec (diff)
Added README.msvc
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diff --git a/ares/Makefile.am b/ares/Makefile.am
index 45203b307..3ed85350c 100644
--- a/ares/Makefile.am
+++ b/ares/Makefile.am
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS =$(PROGS)
EXTRA_DIST = AUTHORS CHANGES README.cares Makefile.inc Makefile.dj \
Makefile.m32 Makefile.netware Makefile.msvc $(man_MANS) $(MSVCFILES) \
config-win32.h RELEASE-NOTES libcares.pc.in buildconf get_ver.awk maketgz \
- TODO ares_build.h.in $(PDFPAGES) cares.rc
+ TODO ares_build.h.in $(PDFPAGES) cares.rc README.msvc
CLEANFILES = $(PDFPAGES) $(HTMLPAGES)
diff --git a/ares/README.msvc b/ares/README.msvc
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index 000000000..1ce80c00e
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@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+ $Id$
+
+
+ ___ __ _ _ __ ___ ___
+ / __| ___ / _` | '__/ _ \/ __|
+ | (_ |___| (_| | | | __/\__ \
+ \___| \__,_|_| \___||___/
+
+
+ How to build c-ares using MSVC or Visual Studio
+ =================================================
+
+
+
+ How to build using MSVC from the command line
+ ---------------------------------------------
+
+ Open a command prompt window and ensure that that the environment is
+ properly set up in order to use the compiler tools.
+
+ Change to c-ares source folder where Makefile.msvc file is located and run:
+
+ > nmake -f Makefile.msvc
+
+ This will build all c-ares libraries as well as three sample programs.
+
+ Once the above command has finished a new folder named MSVCXX will exist
+ below the subdir where makefile.msvc is found. The name of the folder
+ depends on the MSVC compiler version being used to build c-ares.
+
+ Below the MSVCXX folder there will exist four folders named 'cares',
+ 'ahost', 'acountry', and 'adig'. The 'cares' folder is the one which
+ holds the c-ares libraries you have just generated, the other three
+ hold sample programs that use the libraries.
+
+ The above command builds four versions of the c-ares library, the dynamic
+ and static versions and each of them in release and debug flavours. Each
+ of these are found in folders named dll-release, dll-debug, lib-release,
+ and lib-debug which hang from the 'cares' folder mentioned above. Each
+ sample program also has folders with the same names to reflect which
+ library version it is using.
+
+
+ How to build using Visual Studio 6 IDE
+ --------------------------------------
+
+ A VC++ 6.0 reference workspace (vc6aws.dsw) is available within the 'vc'
+ folder to allow proper building of the library and sample programs.
+
+ 1) Open the vc6aws.dsw workspace with MSVC6's IDE.
+ 2) Select 'Build' from top menu.
+ 3) Select 'Batch Build' from dropdown menu.
+ 4) Make sure that the sixteen project configurations are 'checked'.
+ 5) Click on the 'Build' button.
+ 6) Once the sixteen project configurations are built you are done.
+
+ Dynamic and static c-ares libraries are built in debug and release flavours,
+ and can be located each one in its own subdirectory, dll-debug, dll-release,
+ lib-debug and lib-release, all of them below the 'vc/cares' subdirectory.
+
+ In the same way four executable versions of each sample program are built,
+ each using its respective library. The resulting sample executables are
+ located in its own subdirectory, dll-debug, dll-release, lib-debug and
+ lib-release, below the 'vc/acountry', 'vc/adig' and 'vc/ahost'subdirs.
+
+ These reference VC++ 6.0 configurations are generated using the dynamic CRT.
+
+
+ How to build using Visual Studio 2003 or newer IDE
+ --------------------------------------------------
+
+ First you have to convert the VC++ 6.0 reference workspace and project files
+ to the Visual Studio IDE version you are using, following next steps:
+
+ 1) Open vc\vc6aws.dsw with VS20XX.
+ 2) Allow VS20XX to update all projects and workspaces.
+ 3) Save ALL and close VS20XX.
+ 4) Open vc\vc6aws.sln with VS20XX.
+ 5) Select batch build, check 'all' projects and click 'build' button.
+
+ Same comments relative to generated files and folders as done above for
+ Visual Studio 6 IDE apply here.
+
+
+ Relationship between c-ares library file names and versions
+ -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+ c-ares static release library version files:
+
+ libcares.lib -> static release library
+
+ c-ares static debug library version files:
+
+ libcaresd.lib -> static debug library
+
+ c-ares dynamic release library version files:
+
+ cares.dll -> dynamic release library
+ cares.lib -> import library for the dynamic release library
+ cares.exp -> export file for the dynamic release library
+
+ c-ares dynamic debug library version files:
+
+ caresd.dll -> dynamic debug library
+ caresd.lib -> import library for the dynamic debug library
+ caresd.exp -> export file for the dynamic debug library
+ caresd.pdb -> debug symbol file for the dynamic debug library
+
+
+ How to use the c-ares static libraries
+ --------------------------------------
+
+ When using the c-ares static library in your program, you will have to
+ define preprocessor symbol CARES_STATICLIB while building your program,
+ otherwise you will get errors at linkage stage.
+
+
+Have Fun!
+