Nathan Hartman wrote on Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 16:12:01 -0400: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 1:48 PM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > > > Should these be re-merged into one item, as you had it before? > > > > That depends. _Do_ the Windows build scripts support libmagic? > > I think they don't. Unless I missed something. > > It looks as though the Windows build uses the makefile at > tools/dev/windows-build/Makefile. I am guessing that packagers for the > Windows platform are using this as their starting point? Anyway, this > makefile makes absolutely no mention of libmagic.
That makefile is not the primary way to build on windows. The primary way is what INSTALL documents, i.e., gen-make.py and build/**/*.py. Given that the makefile specifies serf 1.1.0 and configure.ac enforces ≥1.3.4, I dare say that no one uses that makefile any more. Cheers, Daniel > I'll merge the two items into one: > > * Python programming: > > - SVN-3914 - Implement building with libmagic on Windows in the build > scripts and document it in INSTALL. > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SVN-3914?issueNumber=3914
