RE: [Bug-gnubg] Buliding gnubg on windows made easy...

[Jonathan Kinsey]

> From: "Ian Shaw" <address@hidden>
>
> > Jon Kinsey wrote:
> > > I've create some notes on building gnubg on windows, you
> > can see them here:
> > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jon_kinsey/bg/wingnubg/
> >
> Nice work, Jon. I got it to build successfully first time.
>
> Just a couple of points.
>
> You don't state on the web page where the .exe ends up, so I had to hunt
> for it. Either a note on the page or a shortcut on the menu (since
> you've done so much else) would be good.

You need to select "run gnubg" from the start menu.  Perhaps I should make 
that clearer.

> Gnubg launched successfully at the end of the build process. When I
> tried to run it by double-clicking on the exe, it failed with an error
> that it could not find some dll or other. I had C:\mingw in my path.
> Changing it to C:\gnubg\mingw allowed it to run, but with an empty dos
> window behind it. Is this to be expected, or is something wrong?
>
> Can a no-gui be built?

I need to add a makefile for that - I'll add it to the todo list...

> Will it work on my old 266 MHz Athlon at home, or do I need a processor
> that supports SSE?

It should work fine...  Give it a try.  If you do a "show buildinfo" command 
it should say SSE is unavaliable...

Jon