Building DMD on windows - wiki is outdated

Imperatorn johan_forsberg_86 at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 1 22:38:48 UTC 2022


On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 21:22:29 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
> On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 16:41:59 UTC, Sergey wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 1 November 2022 at 16:27:24 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>>  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

On Windows I have always used the Solution file to build it.

If the current information to build on Windows without VS is 
incorrect, please fix it if possible or let us know what is 
missing


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