65299 - Build instructions needs to be updated

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Luke]

The version of masm32.zip that is referenced in 
http://user.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~l94102/programmierung/masm-e.html

contains both lib.exe and link.exe that interfere with the building of mozilla.

The user needs to delete those files in the .\masm32\bin directory for the 
build to work properly.

Comment 1

[cls]

win32

Comment 2

[Daniel (Leaf) Nunes]

reassigning to ian.

Comment 3

[Ian McGreer]

It looks to me like the url for MASM says "Download MASM32v4.ZIP(3MB) and just 
extract ML.EXE and ML.ERR".  The NSS doc also only specifies obtaining a 
standalone version of ml.exe, not anything else.

I suppose the language could be changed to "make sure you have ml.exe installed 
in your system" as opposed to "make sure you have the tools listed above 
installed in your system".  Wan-Teh, any comment?

Comment 4

[Wan-Teh Chang]

The build instructions say "make sure you have the
tools listed above installed in your system" because
originally perl was also required, hence the plural
"tools".

How about if we add the following to the bullet item
for MASM (ml.exe):
    After you download and unpack the zip file, keep
    only ml.exe and ml.err.

In fact the second referenced URL in our build instructions
says the same thing:
    Download MASM32v4.ZIP(3MB) and just extract ML.EXE
    and ML.ERR.

Comment 5

[Andreas Kunz]

The given link 
http://user.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~l94102/programmierung/masm-e.html
does not work anymore.

Does this bug still apply??

Comment 6

[Luke]

I'm ok with marking this bug invalid, since it's been almost two years.

Comment 7

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

verified