Re: [pcre-dev] Building PCRE 7.5 with Visual Studio 7

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Author: Sheri
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To: pcre-dev
Subject: Re: [pcre-dev] Building PCRE 7.5 with Visual Studio 7
George Shimanovich wrote:
>> It is necessary to compile the shared libraries in the same VS
>>
> environment used to compile the code that will link or open the dll(s)
> because a difference in runtime version creates problems.
>
> Correct. That also means that workspaces and projects generated for x64
> should be revised to allow cross-compilation on 32-bit platform, where
> most of the client x64 build are done. Currently the cross-compiler
> build fails when it attempts to run 64-bit version of dftables.exe
> during the build. See my earlier email for manual fix that I had to make
> for that.
>
> - George
>
>

Yes, with Configure/Make it is optional whether dftables will be built
(--enable-rebuild-chartables) whereas with the current Cmakesetup, no
option is given.

Regards,
Sheri