PatchCompilation

Compiling TTDPatch

Marcin Grzegorczyk said:

> Like I said -> wiki entry for setting up patch compilation :)

I'm afraid I won't have time to do that (especially screenshots -- I'd

have to do a fresh system installation!), but here's what I can remember

of the procedure:

So, here's what he gave in his email.  It's not the best, but it's a start:

1. Install Cygwin. [1] in the ttdpatch source lists the packages you should install. Note especially that the 20060817 version of binutils is broken. Get either the 2005 version or, once it appears, a 2007 or later version.
2. If you're going to compile for the DOS environment, install [2] (if not, skip this item).  In the setup, in the "Select Host OS" window check "Windows 95/98/NT/2000", and in the "Select Target OS" check "16-bit DOS", everything else is up to you. Instead of ))OpenWatcom[[]]OpenWatcom[[ you can use Borland C++ 3.1, if you can get it and feel more familiar with it.  (Borland C++ 5.02 can be made to work as well.)  But then you have to tweak Makefile.local.  Details will follow on demand.
3. Using subversion or TortoiseSVN, check out the source into a new directory.
4. Edit start.bat and make sure the PATH contains all the necessary directories before the rest.  For example:

   -+PATH D:\Cygwin\bin;D:\Watcom\BINNT;<nowiki>%PATH%</nowiki>+-

5. Run start.bat.  If you did all of the above properly (and your system is not badly misconfigured), you'll get a console window with a bash prompt.
6. Now, depending on whether you want to compile the DOS or the Windows version, type

   -+make dos+-

   or

   -+make win+-

   and prepare to report the error messages you'll get ;-)

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Marcin Grzegorczyk