[Bf-committers] 2.48 Test Builds Plans

[Diego Hernan Borghetti]

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Nathan Letwory wrote:

Hello:

  It's 1 Oct here and I want to make the test build call today,
but: are we ready ?

  Emmanuel, can you make the windows build ?

> Hi,
>
> Although I got my machine back the other day, it has become very
> unstable, from random BSODs to BSODing at startup. Recovery didn't
> even help - it made things worse: the entire C:\ partition is... gone.
> While I do have access to a Windows machine, it has no build
> environment set up whatsoever (apart from Lua and a text editor for it
> ;) I ordered already the recovery discs from Fujitsu-Siemens for my
> machine, but it'll take N days before I have these, and M more hours
> of work to restore/reinstall the machine.
>
> Emanuel, building would be easiest with scons (IMBO), you'll have to
> get nsis installed and make sure it is in your path.
>
> Short build instructions:
> - Assumptions:
> * msvs9 installed in C:\msvs9
> * nsis installed in C:\nsis
> * python installed in C:\python25
> * blender module checked out to C:\blenderdev\blender
> * lib\windows module check out to C:\blenderdev\lib\windows
> * config file with name 'msvc' containing flags used for previous to
> builds (to be sent by me later today)
>
> 1) start a cmd.exe. We work now exclusively in this
> 2) c:\msvs9\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat
> 3) set PATH=C:\python25;C:\nsis
> 4) scons BF_CONFIG=msvc nsis
> 5) drink your favorite beverage, read funny webcomics
> 6) zip up BF_INSTALLDIR
> 7) upload blender-2.48-[RCX-]windows.zip and
> blender-2.48-[RCX]-windows.exe (renamed to whatever RC where
> applicable)
> 8) hope there are no bugs
>
> This should be it in all it's simplicity. I think I didn't forget any
> step, but I can give support where needed.
>
> /Nathan
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Emmanuel Stone
> <emmanuel.stone at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Nathan Letwory <jesterking at letwory.net> wrote:
>>> I should be available, with my machine back from the repair shop.
>>> Naturally, if we want to have windows builds with msvc pro or intel
>>> compiler, then someone else should do it until I acquire any such
>>> license.
>>
>> I have a MSVC Pro license at work, and I'd have to check, but I think
>> I should be able to build it if needsbe.
>> I would need some serious hand-holding to get it building properly however.
>>
>> -Emmanuel
>>
>>
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 			Diego