Building NSPR on Windows NT Using Netscape's gmake and Other Tools
This directory contains the following tools:
- gmake.exe: GNU make 3.74, modified to use shmsdos.exe as the shell
- shmsdos.exe: a lightweight shell developed by Netscape programmers.
It has most of the file manipulation operations (such as cp,
rm, mkdir as well as Netscape's own nsinstall) as built-in
commands, so even if you have these
file utilities installed on your NT machine, they won't be invoked
by gmake and shmsdos. Also, since shmsdos is not a full-blown
shell and its built-in file commands are not fully compatible
with the true Unix file utilities, our makefiles have had to
avoid some features of sh and work around the incompatibilities
on Windows NT.
- uname.exe: this uname.exe returns the OS as "WINNT", which is what
our makefiles assume. Do not use a uname.exe that returns other
strings, such as "Windows_NT".
Binaries for the x86 processors can be found in the 'x86' subdirectory.
Binaries for the alpha processors can be found in the 'alpha'
subdirectory.
INSTALLATION:
Install gmake.exe, shmsdos.exe, and uname.exe in any directory.
Add that directory to your Path environment variable.
