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diff --git a/doc/build-msw.txt b/doc/build-msw.txt index 69c298bbba..5d871e15de 100644 --- a/doc/build-msw.txt +++ b/doc/build-msw.txt @@ -7,19 +7,16 @@ cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) and UPnP software written by Thomas Bernard. +See readme-qt.rst for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the +graphical user interface. + WINDOWS BUILD NOTES =================== Compilers Supported ------------------- -MinGW GCC http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/ - TDM-GCC with gcc 4.5.1 was used to build this release. -MSYS 1.0.11 was also used (sh needed to compile some dependencies) - - -Candidate releases were built with MSVC 10.0 (2010), but -compiling with Visual C++ caused rendering artifacts when -bitcoin was run. +TODO: What works? +Note: releases are cross-compiled using mingw running on Linux. Dependencies @@ -27,39 +24,24 @@ Dependencies Libraries you need to download separately and build: default path download -wxWidgets \wxwidgets-2.9.2-mgw http://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/ OpenSSL \openssl-1.0.1b-mgw http://www.openssl.org/source/ Berkeley DB \db-4.8.30.NC-mgw http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/index.html Boost \boost-1.47.0-mgw http://www.boost.org/users/download/ miniupnpc \miniupnpc-1.6-mgw http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/ Their licenses: -wxWidgets LGPL 2.1 with very liberal exceptions OpenSSL Old BSD license with the problematic advertising requirement Berkeley DB New BSD license with additional requirement that linked software must be free open source Boost MIT-like license miniupnpc New (3-clause) BSD license Versions used in this release: -wxWidgets 2.9.2 OpenSSL 1.0.1b Berkeley DB 4.8.30.NC Boost 1.47.0 miniupnpc 1.6 -Notes ------ -The UI layout is edited with wxFormBuilder. The project file is -uiproject.fbp. It generates uibase.cpp and uibase.h, which define base -classes that do the rote work of constructing all the UI elements. - -wxWidgets ---------- -DOS shell: -cd \wxWidgets-2.9.2-mgw\build\msw -mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc - OpenSSL ------- MSYS shell: @@ -98,6 +80,5 @@ Bitcoin ------- DOS prompt: cd \bitcoin\src -mingw32-make bitcoin.exe bitcoind.exe -f makefile.mingw -strip bitcoin.exe +mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw strip bitcoind.exe |