Tango: Out of Date Installation Instructions

[Moritz Warning]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:46:48 -0500, Benji Smith wrote:

> I just set up a new (Windows) computer, after working with the same
> DMD/Tango/DWin/DSSS installation for the last six or eight months. And
> for the life of me, I can't get my code to compile on the new machine.
> 
> The Tango installation instructions seem to be somewhat out of date,
> since they describe installing tango on top of an existing DMD
> installation, while the tango distributions for DMD all include the
> compiler and don't require a pre-existing DMD installation:
> 
> http://dsource.org/projects/tango/wiki/WindowsInstall
> 
> Anyhow, the particular error I'm getting when I try to compile my code
> (using "dsss build") is this:
> 
>     module FileConduit cannot read file 'tango\io\device\FileConduit.d'
> 
> This is my sc.ini file (unmodified from the tango install):
> 
> [Environment]
> LIB="%@P%\..\lib"
> DFLAGS="-I%@P%\..\import" -version=Tango -defaultlib=tango-base-dmd.lib
> -debuglib=tango-base-dmd.lib -L+tango-user-dmd.lib LINKCMD=%@P%\link.exe
> 
> Since it references the "tango-user-dmd.lib" file, I wonder why it even
> needs to include the FileConduit.d source file. Why doesn't it just use
> the lib?
> 
> Much appreciation to anyone who can help get me rolling again! And I'd
> be happy to help rewrite the Tango installation instructions once I
> understand the correct installation procedure.
> 
> --benji

I think the best is to join #d.tango on Freenode IRC.