Eddie,
Have you run VCVars32.bat which can usually be found in the
"PathToVisualStudio\VC98\Bin" directory.
This sets the path for VC.
Graham
>
> Hope somebody can help.
>
> I'm providing more details about the problem I'm having with
> building ethereal 9.4 on Windows NT.
>
> I've downloaded the following:
>
> zlib-114-dev.zip
> gtk+-dev-20001226.zip
> extralibs-dev-20000722.zip
> WPdpack_2_3.zip
>
> from http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/development
>
> I also installed cygwin.
>
> >>>>
> The PROBLEM I'm getting is when I compile on Windows NT, when I run
>
> nmake -f makefile.nmake
>
> is that cl.exe issues a prompt saying
>
> "cl.exe - Unable to locate DLL"
>
> but it doesn't give me any other details, ie te DLL that is missing.
>
> This occurs in the directory wiretap.
>
> I've seen the following message.
>
> http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200206/msg00240.html
>
> so does that mean ethereal version 9.4 can not compile on Windows
> NT.
>
>
> Anyway I think my problem is a PATH setting or environment setting one.
> But I've tried everything I could think of.
>
> My config.nmake looks like this
>
> >>> START
> # To be compiled on DemoNT a\or any machine which contains
> # nmake and cygwin.
> #
> VERSION=0.9.4
> RC_VERSION=0.9.4
> WTAP_VERSION=0.0
>
> GTK_VERSION=1.3
> GLIB_VERSION=1.3
>
> # GLIB_DIR=C:\ethereal-win32-libs\glib
> # GTK_DIR=C:\ethereal-win32-libs\gtk+
> # ZLIB_DIR=C:\ethereal-win32-libs\zlib-1.1.3
> # PCAP_DIR=C:\ethereal-win32-libs\WPdpack
>
> GLIB_DIR=I:\dev\src\gtk\ethereal-lib-9.4\src\glib
> GTK_DIR=I:\dev\src\gtk\ethereal-lib-9.4\src\gtk+
> ZLIB_DIR=I:\dev\src\gtk\ethereal-lib-9.4\src\zlib-114
> PCAP_DIR=I:\dev\src\gtk\ethereal-lib-9.4\WPdpack
>
>
> LOCAL_CFLAGS=-Zi
> LOCAL_LDFLAGS=/DEBUG
>
> # Set PDB_FILE according to your VC++ version
> PDB_FILE=vc*.pdb
>
> # Set path if you need to find some binary
> #PATH=c:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin;c:\python22;c:\ethe
> real\wiretap;c:\program
> #files\common files\gnu;$(PATH)
> PATH="D:\Program Files"\cygwin"; \
> "D:\Program Files"\cygwin\bin"; \
> "D:\Program Files\python22"; \
> "I:\dev\src\ethereal\ethereal-0.9.4\wiretap"; \
> "C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32"; \
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin"; \
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Include"; \
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Lib" \
> "D:\dev\src\tmpwindows\Include"; \
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin" \
> $(GLIB_DIR) $(GTK_DIR) $(ZLIB_DIR) $(PCAP_DIR) \
> "c:\program files\common files\gnu";$(PATH)
>
> PERL=perl
> POD2MAN=pod2man
> POD2HTML=pod2html
> PYTHON="D:\Program Files\python22\python.exe"
> LEX=flex
> YACC=bison
>
> # Set YACC_OPTS if cygnus bison can't find template file.
> #YACC_OPTS=-S t:\w32-ix86\cygnus\cygwin-b20\share\bison.simple
>
> # To build the installer
> MAKENSIS="C:/program files/nsis/makensis.exe"
>
> >>>> END
>
> What is makensis.exe anyway and where do I get it?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> cheers
> Eddie Luc
>
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