FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Neuhauser, Roman (GE Capital, consultant) wrote:
> 
> From: LacaK
> > Now it ends with :
> > 
> > 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > operable program or batch file.
> > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x1'
> > Stop.
> 
> you need to run vcvarsall.bat found somewhere in you VC install,
> or build freetds from the "Visual Studio Command Prompt" which
> runs it for you.  this is *the* basic step required to build
> anything with VC on the command line.

I updated the Nmakefile again today.  It now tests for the presence of a
CVS directory to decide whether or not to build the generated header
files, obviating the need for FROM_TARBALL.  And it checks that cl.exe is
on the path, else stops with an error message.  

HTH.  

--jkl