[Harbour] Re: Error making _hbhbpdf.c

[Viktor Szakáts]

> Hi Mr. Viktor.
> 	
> I am following the steps in the INSTALL file
> And he will be better if you change these lines because I believe  
> that is leaving the new users confused as I was.
> I'm not touching anything just by following the instructions in the  
> install.
> --------8<-----------
>      --- MSVC 2008 + SDK
>      set WindowsSDKDir=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\
>      call "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC 
> \vcvarsall.bat"
>      mingw32-make
>      ---
> -------->8-----------
> As it stands, it's generating for Mingw lib's.
> to
>      --- MSVC 2008 + SDK
>      set WindowsSDKDir=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\
>      call "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC 
> \vcvarsall.bat"
>      win-make clean install
>      ---
> Pure MSVC compiler.

Generally it makes no sense as mingw32-make and win-make
are the SAME binaries.

The only difference in your case, is that you seem to
put MinGW in PATH and try to invoke included GNU Make.
Which can cause MinGW to be autodetected. Solution, as
written in INSTALL:
    "Unpack it [mingw32-make] to your PATH or Harbour
     source root directory." (instead you put MinGW in
     PATH which happens to also contain mingw32-make)
also:
    "It's recommended to make sure no tools in your PATH
     belonging to other C compilers are interfering with
     your setup." (in your case whole MinGW interferes
    with MSVC)
plus:
    "You can also use included copy [of mingw-32make]
     named win-make.exe instead."

'clean' and 'install' are options described in the
document, so I don't think they should be repeated in
every make invocation examples.

win-make is a convenience option, which may or may not
be included in our distribution, so I don't want to
include it in every example either.

Solution is easy: put mingw32-make in your PATH, or
create a separate dir for it and put that in your PATH.

Overall, I'm giving up on giving "proper" instructions
which is fine for everyone. This seems to become a
"how to mess it up" / "how to misunderstand" / "how
to pick nits" contest. It's hopeless. Everyone should
get its act together and figure a little bit themselves.

Brgds,
Viktor