Changes between Version 71 and Version 72 of Windows build instructions

Timestamp:

Aug 9, 2020 11:21:38 AM (4 years ago)

Author:

bird

Comment:

libxml2 and zlib are part of the vbox sources, so move to separate section.

Windows build instructions

@@ -26 +26 @@
  ''Use `--with-libsdl=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.'' [[BR]]
  ''Use `--disable-sdl` as parameter for configure.vbs to disable the SDL frontend and to remove the dependency to SDL.''
-
- * the '''libxml2''' library. Sources and 32bit binaries can be downloaded from: [[BR]]
- http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html [[BR]]
- ''Use `--with-libxml2=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
-
- * the '''zlib''' library. Grab the sources from: [[BR]]
- http://www.zlib.net/ [[BR]]
- Actually the tarball includes `zlib` in the '`src\libs`' directory so downloading this library is only necessary if you need a more recent version. In that case look for `SDK_VBOX_ZLIB_INCS` and `SDK_VBOX_ZLIB_LIBS` in `Config.kmk` and override these entries in your `LocalConfig.kmk` accordingly. See [#LocalConfig below] for some notes about using `LocalConfig.kmk` to override the default build configuration).
 
  * the '''cURL''' library. Grab the binaries from: [[BR]]
@@ -44 +36 @@
  ''Use `--with-python=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
- * '''code signing utilities''' (64-bit Windows only). [[BR]]
+ * '''code signing utilities'''. [[BR]]
  Normally part of the WDK: `certmgr.exe`, `makecert.exe`, `signtool.exe` and so on.[[BR]]
  ''Use ''`VBOX_PATH_SIGN_TOOLS=\path\to\signtool.exe`'' in `LocalConfig.kmk` to set the path to `signtool.exe` tool.''[[BR]]
@@ -84 +76 @@
  `sdk-v7.1\Samples\sysmgmt\msi\scripts\WiSumInf.vbs` (see SDK 7.1 prerequisite above) [[BR]]
  ''Use ''`VBOX_PATH_WISUMINFO=\path\to\WiSumInf.vbs`'' in `LocalConfig.kmk` to set the path to this script.''
+
+
+=== Using other versions of libraries shipped with the VBox sources ===
+
+ * the '''libxml2''' library. Sources and 32bit binaries can be downloaded from: [[BR]]
+ http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-libxml2=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
+
+ * the '''zlib''' library. Grab the sources from: [[BR]]
+ http://www.zlib.net/ [[BR]]
+ Actually the tarball includes `zlib` in the '`src\libs`' directory so downloading this library is only necessary if you need a more recent version. In that case look for `SDK_VBOX_ZLIB_INCS` and `SDK_VBOX_ZLIB_LIBS` in `Config.kmk` and override these entries in your `LocalConfig.kmk` accordingly. See [#LocalConfig below] for some notes about using `LocalConfig.kmk` to override the default build configuration).
+
 
 === Manual compilation of certain prerequisites ===