On Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 16:01:28 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
I don't know why even bother with 32-bit dmd to begin with, but
at least there should be an option.
I just spent 45min trying to build 64-bit dmd on Windows. It
wasn't fun. "Isn't it just make -f win64.mak?", I hear you ask.
Yes. If you want a version with debug messages turned on. It
took me 45min to learn that disabling those is... non-trivial.
As it turns out, trying to build dmd yourself from the released
tag and replacing the .exe from the installer by the one you
created works, unless:
1. You remove -debug
2. You add -O
If you do #1 or #2, then the produced dmd.exe doesn't work. At
all. 32 *or* 64 bits. And this is something you need to edit
the makefile for, trying to do that from the command line was
an exercise in futility.
"How does the installer-built version work then?", I again hear
you ask. No idea. Debug 64-bit dmd it is!
I *would* try and add a 64-bit dmd to the installer, but
apparently to build the Windows installer you need a special
Windows box commisioned by the Vatican and blessed by the Pope
himself.
Atila
Wait, dmd doesn't use cmake to generate the makefile!? IMO this
is the reason why configuration tools like cmake exist.
