Subversion, you'll have to generate the Makefiles yourself -- see
below.)
+There are various compile-time directives that you can use to
+disable or modify certain features; it may be necessary to do this
+in some environments. They are documented in `Recipe', and in
+comments in many of the generated Makefiles.
+
For building on Windows:
- windows/Makefile.vc is for command-line builds on MS Visual C++
systems. Change into the `windows' subdirectory and type `nmake
-f Makefile.vc' to build all the PuTTY binaries.
- (We've also had one report of success building with the
+ Last time we checked, PuTTY built with vanilla VC7, or VC6 with
+ an up-to-date Platform SDK. (It might still be possible to build
+ with vanilla VC6, but you'll certainly have to remove some
+ functionality with directives such as NO_IPV6.)
+
+ (We've also had reports of success building with the
OpenWatcom compiler -- www.openwatcom.org -- using Makefile.vc
with `wmake -ms -f makefile.vc' and NO_MULTIMON, although we
- haven't tried this ourselves.)
+ haven't tried this ourselves. Version 1.3 is reported to work.)
- Inside the windows/MSVC subdirectory are MS Visual Studio project
files for doing GUI-based builds of the various PuTTY utilities.
- windows/Makefile.cyg is for Cygwin / mingw32 installations. Type
`make -f Makefile.cyg' while in the `windows' subdirectory to
- build all the PuTTY binaries. Note that by default the multiple
- monitor support is excluded from the Cygwin build, since at the
- time of writing Cygwin doesn't include the necessary headers.
+ build all the PuTTY binaries.
+
+ You'll probably need quite a recent version of the w32api package.
+ Note that by default the multiple monitor and HTML Help support are
+ excluded from the Cygwin build, since at the time of writing Cygwin
+ doesn't include the necessary headers.
- windows/Makefile.lcc is for lcc-win32. Type `make -f
Makefile.lcc' while in the `windows' subdirectory. (You will
probably need to specify COMPAT=-DNO_MULTIMON.)
+ - Inside the windows/DEVCPP subdirectory are Dev-C++ project
+ files for doing GUI-based builds of the various PuTTY utilities.
+
+The PuTTY team actively use Makefile.vc (with VC7) and Makefile.cyg
+(with mingw32), so we'll probably notice problems with those
+toolchains fairly quickly. Please report any problems with the other
+toolchains mentioned above.
+
For building on Unix:
- unix/configure is for Unix and GTK. If you don't have GTK, you
should still be able to build the command-line utilities (PSCP,
PSFTP, Plink, PuTTYgen) using this script. To use it, change
into the `unix' subdirectory, run `./configure' and then `make'.
-
- - unix/Makefile.gtk is for non-autoconfigured builds. This makefile
- expects you to change into the `unix' subdirectory, then run `make
- -f Makefile.gtk'. Note that Unix PuTTY has mostly only been tested
- on Linux so far; portability problems such as BSD-style ptys or
- different header file requirements are expected.
- For the graphical utilities, Gtk+-1.2 is required. Gtk+-2.0 is not
- yet supported.
+ Note that Unix PuTTY has mostly only been tested on Linux so far;
+ portability problems such as BSD-style ptys or different header file
+ requirements are expected.
+
+ - unix/Makefile.gtk and unix/Makefile.ux are for non-autoconfigured
+ builds. These makefiles expect you to change into the `unix'
+ subdirectory, then run `make -f Makefile.gtk' or `make -f
+ Makefile.ux' respectively. Makefile.gtk builds all the programs but
+ relies on Gtk, whereas Makefile.ux builds only the command-line
+ utilities and has no Gtk dependence.
- There is an `install' target; note that by default it tries to
- install `man' pages, which need to be built using Halibut first --
- see below.
+ - For the graphical utilities, Gtk+-1.2 and Gtk+-2.0 should both be
+ supported.
+
+ - Both Unix Makefiles have an `install' target. Note that by default
+ it tries to install `man' pages, which you may need to have built
+ using Halibut first -- see below.
All of the Makefiles are generated automatically from the file
`Recipe' by the Perl script `mkfiles.pl'. Additions and corrections
to Recipe and the mkfiles.pl are much more useful than additions and
corrections to the alternative Makefiles themselves.
+The Unix `configure' script and its various requirements are generated
+by the shell script `mkauto.sh', which requires GNU Autoconf, GNU
+Automake, and Gtk; if you've got the source from Subversion rather
+than using one of our source snapshots, you'll need to run this
+yourself.
+
Documentation (in various formats including Windows Help and Unix
-`man' pages) is to be built from the Halibut (`.but') files in the
-`doc' subdirectory using `doc/Makefile'. Halibut can be found at
-<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/>.
+`man' pages) is built from the Halibut (`.but') files in the `doc'
+subdirectory using `doc/Makefile'. If you aren't using one of our
+source snapshots, you'll need to do this yourself. Halibut can be
+found at <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/>.
The PuTTY home web site is
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