Building DMD on windows - wiki is outdated

ryuukk_ ryuukk.dev at gmail.com
Tue Nov 1 21:22:29 UTC 2022


On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 16:41:59 UTC, Sergey wrote:
> On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 16:27:24 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 14:16:21 UTC, zjh wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 13:46:30 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone have an idea about this one?
>>>
>>> I remember just clicking 'dmd.sln'.
>>
>> I know, i'm porting the wiki to markdown, so i want to make 
>> sure the steps are all up to date
>>
>> I can't find any information about that `make` on windows
>>
>> The wiki is not up to date
>
>  Building dmd on windows has a long story on the forum :)
> One guy made the detailed instruction, but unfortunately I 
> can’t find it :(
>
> Make could be installed from dmc, or better from msys64.
>
> Check some info about building:
> - 
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/fitahoktkjcgdtnusdbz@forum.dlang.org
> - 
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/taggytodyaqsviqhuqfd@forum.dlang.org
> - 
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/vwpsvaykkubuicfmtmxj@forum.dlang.org
> - 
> https://forum.dlang.org/thread/nrctztchyvfluyiohwvo@forum.dlang.org?page=3

That's concerning, it's frustrating that people make breaking 
changes and don't bother updating the instruction on how to build 
it

I did a pass to remove the mention of druntime repo, but i'm not 
sure that's enough, i don't understand this guide


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