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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] win32: nmake setup: can't find cl

From: "Graham Bloice" <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:20:29 +0100
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> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] win32: nmake setup: can't find cl
>
>
> > Works fine for me, but then I don't have Cygwin on my normal
> > path.  Do you?
>
> No I don't have Cygwin in my path. Do you have Cygwin's "make" package
> installed? In this case, it works for me too if I don't have the make
> package from Cygwin.

Sorry, I implied that but but didn't state it specifically.  Yes I do have
cygwin make installed, and wireshark compiles with nmake without any issues.

>
> Two ways to fix that if you confirm that having Cygwin's "make"
> installed break Wireshark build:
> 1- Find a way to fix it in the win32-setup.sh (I actually don't know if
> the problem is really located there)
> 2- Add a note in the README.win32 mentioning that Cygwin's "make"
> package must not be installed
>

Not so sure that these are required.

Regards,

Graham