Avoid a SEGV in DBI's test suite, discovered by Andreas.

[perl5.git] / README.win32

diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 43a3a4b..a0b5743 100644 (file)
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ system).  Currently, this port is capable of using one of the
 following compilers on the Intel x86 architecture:
 
       Borland C++           version 5.02 or later
-      Microsoft Visual C++  version 4.2 or later
+      Microsoft Visual C++  version 2.0 or later
       MinGW with gcc        gcc version 2.95.2 or later
 
 The last of these is a high quality freeware compiler.  Use version
@@ -147,18 +147,14 @@ Framework Redistributable" to be installed first.  This can be downloaded and
 installed separately, but is included in the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003" anyway.
 
 These packages can all be downloaded by searching in the Download Center at
-http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
+http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en.  (Providing exact
+links to these packages has proven a pointless task because the links keep on
+changing so often.)
 
-The Platform SDK packages can also be obtained from the Platform SDK Update
-site: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate  Note that this
-site requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later to function, but the site's home
-page currently gives links to two download pages for users of other browsers:
-
-For Windows XP Service Pack 2:
-http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/XPSP2FULLInstall.htm
-
-For Windows Server 2003:
-http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdk-full.htm
+Try to obtain the latest version of the Platform SDK.  Sometimes these packages
+contain a particular Windows OS version in their name, but actually work on
+other OS versions too.  For example, the "Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK"
+also runs on Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000.
 
 According to the download pages the Toolkit and the .NET Framework SDK are only
 supported on Windows 2000/XP/2003, so trying to use these tools on Windows
@@ -227,11 +223,11 @@ from win32/Makefile and setargv.obj won't be required anyway.
 =back
 
 Perl should now build using the win32/Makefile.  You will need to edit that
-file to comment-out CCTYPE = MSVC60 (since that enables delay-loading of the
-Winsock DLL which the free toolkit does not support) and to set CCHOME,
-CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above.  You may also want to
-change both mentions of the compiler's "-Gf" switch to "-GF" since the former
-is deprecated in VC7 and will be removed from future versions.
+file to set
+
+       CCTYPE = MSVC70FREE
+
+and to set CCHOME, CCINCDIR and CCLIBDIR as per the environment setup above.
 
 =item Microsoft Platform SDK 64-bit Compiler
 
@@ -321,10 +317,9 @@ The default value for CCHOME in the makefiles for Visual C++
 may not be correct for some versions.  Make sure the default exists
 and is valid.
 
-You may also need to comment out a line C<DELAYLOAD = ...> in the
-makefile, in case you're using an older version of the Visual C++ compiler
-(e.g. 6.0 without service packs) and if the linker reports an internal
-error.
+You may also need to comment out the C<DELAYLOAD = ...> line in the
+Makefile if you're using VC++ 6.0 without the latest service pack and
+the linker reports an internal error.
 
 If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(),
 enable the appropriate option in the makefile.  A ready-to-use version
@@ -924,6 +919,6 @@ Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin Stuhl).
 
 Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp).
 
-Last updated: 16 June 2005
+Last updated: 30 September 2005
 
 =cut