Windows build from source

The only tested compiler under Windows is gcc-3.2, from the Mingw project.
You'll first need the Windows versions of the libraries. You'll find them on the various home pages, except for

libPF, which you can build from the same source tree as the Linux version.
mySQL++, which you'll have to build following these instructions:

First download the Unix source for mySQL++, from the home page. You'll need version 1.7.9. Then, apply this patch, by typing gunzip mysql++.diff.gz; patch -p1 < mysql++.diff in the sqlplusint/ subdirectory, using a Cygwin shell... Edit Makefile.mingw32 to fit the mySQL include and lib paths. Copy libz.a from /usr/lib to sqlplusint/. Then type make -f Makefile.mingw32 in a console, providing that the mingw32 executables are on your path (beware, mingw32's make has been renamed to make-mingw32.exe or something like this, you'll have to rename it before). Cross your fingers... This should build mysql++.dll...
If you successfuly built mySQL++, you now need to build and install CtrlWrap and Xmlrc (this one depends on libXml2). Put xmlrc.exe in a directory listed in your path; you're now ready to build NewsSrv...
First edit Makefile.mingw32 to ensure all paths are correct. Then type make -f Makefile.mingw32 and hopefully, you'll have a running NewsSrv.exe...
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Jérôme Laheurte, 10 Nov 2002