-*- text -*-
-To build Wget with VC++ run configure.bat (in the main wget directory),
-and then run nmake. At a certain point in time wget exposed some
-compiler bugs in VC++ 5.0; VC++ 6.0 sp 5 is known to be safe. However
-read the rest of this document before continuing.
-
-For VC++ the current default is to configure wget with ssl support;
-first get openssl (http://www.openssl.org), compile it and install
-relevant headers and libraries where your compiler can find them;
-currently this could mean (presuming default installation directories)
-copy (from the compiled openssl dirctory) the whole inc32/openssl
-directory and its contents to
-"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Include\openssl",
-and from out32dll (in the openssl directory) the two needed libraries
-(libeay32.lib and ssleay32.lib) to
-"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib".
-These locations aren't exactly the best but will get you started if you
-don't know where to place these headers and libraries.
-Usually at runtime some openssl libraries (currently ssleay32.dll and
-libeay32.dll) will need to be available in your environment PATH.
+You can configure the Windows port of Wget by running configure.bat (in
+the main Wget directory). You can run it with no arguments to see the
+list of possible options. Run it with the option corresponding to the
+compiler you intend to use to build Wget and follow the (brief)
+instructions printed on the screen. The instructions bellow are for
+building Wget with Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC); you may need to make
+appropriate substitutions for your compiler and build environment;
+currently wget can be built at least with Visual Studio/.Net, the free
+Borland compiler, and the free mingw environment. The instructions do
+*not* apply to the Cygwin environment, on which Wget is built with the
+procedure described in the INSTALL file in the top-level directory.
+
+To build Wget with MSVC run configure.bat (in the main Wget directory)
+with the argument --msvc, and then run nmake. At a certain point in time
+Wget exposed some compiler bugs in MSVC 5.0; later Wget started to
+expose (at least http.c, retr.c) some other compiler bugs in MSVC 6.0
+SP6 (cl.exe version 12) which could/can be worked around by compiling
+completely without optimization or at least partially (by using
+#pragma optimize("g",on) and "off" around offending functions).
+However, read the rest of this document before continuing.
+
+For MSVC the current default is to build Wget with SSL support. For this
+to work, you will need to have OpenSSL installed. First, get OpenSSL
+(http://www.openssl.org), compile it and install the relevant headers and
+libraries where your compiler can find them; currently this could mean
+(presuming default installation directories for MSVC 6.0) copy (from the
+compiled OpenSSL directory) the whole inc32\openssl directory and its
+contents to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Include\openssl",
+and from out32dll (in the OpenSSL directory) the two needed libraries
+(libeay32.lib and ssleay32.lib) to
+"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\lib". These locations
+aren't exactly the best but will get you started if you don't know where
+to place these headers and libraries, you should find similar paths for
+later compiler versions. Usually at run-time some OpenSSL
+libraries (currently ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll) will need to be
+available in your environment PATH.
+
+If you don't want to/can't compile Wget with OpenSSL comment SSL related
+lines in windows\Makefile.src; then follow the normal instructions
+(configure.bat and so on).
If you want to build the help file you will need a copy of makeinfo to
-convert wget.texi to rtf and html. I've made a copy available at
+convert wget.texi to rtf and html. I've made a copy available at
<URL:ftp://sunsite.dk/projects/wget/makeinfo.zip>. This copy of
-makeinfo is from the miktxt 1.10 archive available from ctan. You also
-will need perl 5, one possibility is Activeperl (currently free) from
+makeinfo is from the miktxt 1.10 archive available from ctan. You also
+will need perl 5, one possibility is ActivePerl (currently free) from
<URL:http://www.activestate.com>; you need to locate the download and
install instructions for the current version available (since the
packages and installation instructions change from time to time).
-If you don't want/can't to compile wget with openssl comment the SSL
-related lines in windows\Makefile.src; then follow the normal
-instructions (configure.bat and so on).
-
Windows contributors:
* Darko Budor <dbudor@zesoi.fer.hr> -- the initial work on the Windows
port;
* Tim Charron <tcharron@interlog.com> -- additional cleanup and
- contribution of the Watcom makefile;
+ contribution of the (now retired) Watcom makefile;
* John Burden <john@futuresguide.com> -- cleanup of the VC++ makefile
to get a clean build with VC++ 5.0 on Windows 95;
* Douglas E. Wegscheid -- maintains configure.bat and various Windows
makefiles.
+
+* Herold Heiko -- numerous build reports and fixes.
+
+* Gisle Vanem -- many Windows-related improvements to the source and
+ the build system.
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