Tango: Out of Date Installation Instructions

[Moritz Warning]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:14:49 -0500, Benji Smith wrote:

> Moritz Warning wrote:
>> 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 The Tango installation instructions seem to be somewhat out of date,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.
> 
> Aha. Is that where all the tango-related discussion happens these days?
> 
> I considered posting to the dsource tango forum, but it's such a
> low-volume group, I might not get a response for a week or more. I
> posted here because of the high-volume.
> 
> Assuming for a moment that I don't want to install an IRC client just to
> resolve this one issue, where is the best place to ask Tango questions?
> 
> --benji

Apart from the IRC channel (that's where the Tango related action is),
the Tango forum would be the right place.

I rewrite the docs atm., maybe you like to join IRC and give some 
valuable input?