Snapshot 0.6.1

janderson askme at me.com
Fri Jun 6 08:20:48 PDT 2008


Chris R. Miller wrote:
> janderson wrote:
>> janderson wrote:
>>> Chris R. Miller wrote:
>>>> Allegro DLL files will automatically install to C:\Windows\System32 
>>>> so you don't have to mess around with all that rot.
>>>
>>> This is actually a problem for me.  The install won't finish because 
>>> I don't have my windows installed under C:\Windows\System32, Its in 
>>> D:\win2\System32.   There are various ways to get windows system32 
>>> path.  The installer tool your using should have some special path 
>>> for it.
>>>
>>> -Joel
>>
>> Of course the work around I used was simply to create those folders 
>> and then copy the files across.
> 
> I got mad enough at not having DDBI to do something about it.  I just 
> updated to Tango 0.99.7 from SVN and even threw in some custom hacks to 
> get Sqlite working.  That involved throwing out all the Sqlite Prepared 
> Statement functionality, but oh well.  Just remember to include 
> -version=dbi_sqlite and -llsqlite3.lib when you try it.
> 
> The new version is uploaded and ready.  I also modified the pathmunging 
> script to allow it to work side-by-side with another installation of 
> DMD.  Oh, I also modified DWT a bit so that it doesn't emit a billion 
> warnings about Tango's FileConst migration.
> 
> http://www.fsdev.net/gf/project/dmd-snaps/frs/?action=FrsReleaseView&release_id=114 
> 
> 
> Hope that makes life a little easier.
> 

Just having an installer like this is a huge step forward.  I wish 
Walter would put a link to it in his download section. I wonder how many 
people give up using DMD just because they see a zip file on the website?

-Joel


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