Loading docs/INSTALL +4 −11 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ Win32 MSVC 6 caveats MSVC 6 caveats -------------- -------------- If you use MSVC 6 it is required that you use the February 2003 edition PSDK: If you use MSVC 6 it is required that you use the February 2003 edition of http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm 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 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 asking for trouble down the road once you have released it, you might notice Loading @@ -261,8 +263,6 @@ Win32 choice of static vs dynamic runtime and third party libraries. Anyone using 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. 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 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 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. safely used to read source code, translate and make it object code. Loading @@ -272,13 +272,6 @@ Win32 header files and libraries with bugs and security issues which have already header files and libraries with bugs and security issues which have already been addressed and fixed long time ago. 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 So, building curl and libcurl with MSVC 6 without PSDK is absolutely discouraged for the benefit of anyone using software built in such 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 environment. And it will not be supported in any way, as we could just Loading Loading
docs/INSTALL +4 −11 Original line number Original line Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ Win32 MSVC 6 caveats MSVC 6 caveats -------------- -------------- If you use MSVC 6 it is required that you use the February 2003 edition PSDK: If you use MSVC 6 it is required that you use the February 2003 edition of http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm 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 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 asking for trouble down the road once you have released it, you might notice Loading @@ -261,8 +263,6 @@ Win32 choice of static vs dynamic runtime and third party libraries. Anyone using 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. 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 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 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. safely used to read source code, translate and make it object code. Loading @@ -272,13 +272,6 @@ Win32 header files and libraries with bugs and security issues which have already header files and libraries with bugs and security issues which have already been addressed and fixed long time ago. 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 So, building curl and libcurl with MSVC 6 without PSDK is absolutely discouraged for the benefit of anyone using software built in such 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 environment. And it will not be supported in any way, as we could just Loading
