Bug 690989

Summary:	gs can't compile with MSVC when SYSDRIVE != c:
Product:	Ghostscript	Reporter:	Leonardo <leo.dv1>
Component:	Build Process	Assignee:	Robin Watts <robin.watts>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	christinedelight.top85, sphinx.pinastri
Priority:	P4
Version:	0.00
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows NT
Customer:		Word Size:	---
Attachments:	msvc32.mak

Description Leonardo 2009-12-13 07:09:07 UTC

gs/psi/msvc32.mak hardcodes C:, so it can't find the build tools when Windows 
is installed to another drive. Tested with Vista, but imho it's true for any 
Windows version and any MSVC version.

Comment 1 Leonardo 2009-12-13 07:13:22 UTC

Created attachment 5763 [details]
msvc32.mak

A suggested changed mak file against gs8_70. Sorry I have no proper diff nor
HEAD here.

Comment 2 Hin-Tak Leung 2010-01-17 16:45:41 UTC

The submitted mak file is quite wrong. The correct solution should auto-detect
the location of the microsoft dev tools from the variables its installation sets
(such as MSSDK). See my comments in:
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691062

Perhaps it is more useful to the discussion if the reporter actually posts what
variables his installation sets. (just type "set" in the dev tool prompt).

Comment 3 Robin Watts 2010-01-28 17:24:35 UTC

Reassigning to new email address.

Comment 4 Peter Cherepanov 2020-12-27 19:18:04 UTC

Current build system for MS Windows works just fine.