[geos-devel] [GEOS] #578: NMake fails to build on Windows 8 Release Preview

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#578: NMake fails to build on Windows 8 Release Preview
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 Reporter:  scook       |       Owner:  geos-devel@…                   
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  new                            
 Priority:  trivial     |   Milestone:  3.3.5                          
Component:  Default     |     Version:  svn-trunk                      
 Severity:  Unassigned  |    Keywords:  nmake, Window 8 Release Preview
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Comment(by scook):

 Making the ticket easier to read since I didn't use Preview before
 submitting.
 [[BR]]
 >Steps to reproduce error:
 >[[BR]]1) Perform svn-checkout of http://svn.osgeo.org/geos/trunk to a
 local folder
 >[[BR]]2) Open VS2012 x86 Native Tools command prompt
 >[[BR]]3) Change directory to local folder where files were downloaded to
 in step 1
 >[[BR]]4) Run "nmake /f makefile.vc MSVC_VER=1700"
 >[[BR]]
 >[[BR]]Receive the following error:
 >[[BR]]**********************************************************************
 >[[BR]]*** GEOS Build Configuration ***
 >[[BR]]*** Setting BUILD_DEBUG NO
 >[[BR]]*** Setting ENABLE_INLINE NO
 >[[BR]]*** Setting BUILD_BATCH NO
 >[[BR]]*** Cannot determined Visual C++ version
 >[[BR]].\nmake.opt(102) : fatal error U1050: *** Aborting make job
 >[[BR]]Stop.
 >[[BR]]
 >[[BR]]Steps to fix bug:
 >[[BR]]1) Update nmake.opt by inserting the following at line 95 (between
 the lines >that read "GEOS_MSC = 1700" and "!ELSE"):
 >[[BR]]
 >[[BR]]!ELSEIF "$(_NMAKE_VER)" == "11.00.50522.1"
 >[[BR]]GEOS_MSVC = 11.0
 >[[BR]]GEOS_MSC = 1700[[BR]]
 >

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ticket/578#comment:1>
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