win32 MapServer builds

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi Frank,

I would be happy to be a testcase for this new setup, if I will be able to
build using this setup, most users will be as well :)

Let me know if you want me to test.

Best regards,
Bart

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:17:35 -0500, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at POBOX.COM>
wrote:

> Assefa,
>
> I am intrested in reworking the default configuration of the mapserver
> win32 builds somewhat with the following in mind:
>
>   o Default to assuming folks are building against the bgd GD DLLs with
> all the
>     stuff they include.
>   o Disable (comment out) all the optional packages (ming, pdf, gdal,
> curl, etc)
>     by default.
>   o Move OPTFLAGS and LDFLAGS from makefile.vc to nmake.opt since they
>     frequently need to be changed.
>   o Use /MD by default, since many support libraries like GDAL and
> PROJ.4 are
>     built that way by default.  Statically linking proj.lib in (that was
> built
>     with /MD) with a non-/MD mapserver is bad karma.
>
> In general, I would like to make building a simple MapServer build alot
> easier,
> and then let people add stuff to that rather than starting with lots of
> stuff
> broken.
>
> Also, using the pre-built GD makes *alot* of stuff easier.
>
> What do you think?  Mind if I "do a number" on makefile.vc and nmake.opt?
>
> Best regards,
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