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diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL index 736cd0e7b..86f99ddd3 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL +++ b/docs/INSTALL @@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ Win32 MSVC 6 caveats -------------- - If you use MSVC 6 it is required that you use the February 2003 edition PSDK: - http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm + If you use MSVC 6 it is required that you use the February 2003 edition of + the 'Platform SDK' which can be downloaded from: + + http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12261 Building any software with MSVC 6 without having PSDK installed is just asking for trouble down the road once you have released it, you might notice @@ -261,8 +263,6 @@ Win32 choice of static vs dynamic runtime and third party libraries. Anyone using software built in such way will at some point regret having done so. - When someone uses MSVC 6 without PSDK he is using a compiler back from 1998. - If the compiler has been updated with the installation of a service pack as those mentioned in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194022 the compiler can be safely used to read source code, translate and make it object code. @@ -272,13 +272,6 @@ Win32 header files and libraries with bugs and security issues which have already been addressed and fixed long time ago. - In order to make use of the updated system headers and fixed libraries - for MSVC 6, it is required that 'Platform SDK', PSDK from now onwards, - is installed. The specific PSDK that must be installed for MSVC 6 is the - February 2003 edition, which is the latest one supporting the MSVC 6 compiler, - this PSDK is also known as 'Windows Server 2003 PSDK' and can be downloaded - from http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm - So, building curl and libcurl with MSVC 6 without PSDK is absolutely discouraged for the benefit of anyone using software built in such environment. And it will not be supported in any way, as we could just |