[M3devel] new install on Windows Vista

[Randy Coleburn]

Jay:
 
I am attempting a new install on Windows Vista.  I have a question about the config files.
 
I downloaded your minimal d5.8.1 archive at:  http://modula3.elegosoft.com/cm3//uploaded-archives/cm3-min-NT386-d5.8.1.zip 
 
It is unzipped to C:\cm3.  Note that I also have a complete checkout of the current cm3 tree (HEAD branch) in C:\cm3\Sandbox.  I've also installed Visual C++ 2008 Express.
 
My plan is to put "C:\cm3\bin" on my path.  Then, use my "C:\cm3\Sandbox\scripts\win\do-cm3.cmd" script to build everything, hoping that this will indeed upgrade the compiler in the proper order, based on PkgInfo.txt.  If I invoke my script as follows "do-cm3 all clean buildship" it will apply the "cm3 -clean", "cm3 -build", and "cm3 -ship" command sequence to each package identified in PkgInfo.txt in the order the packages appear in PkgInfo.txt.
 
Perhaps this is a flawed plan; if so, let me know.  I know there are various scripts and python that may already purport to do what I want to do, but please humor me.  I am trying to learn the actual low-level steps required to do the install and upgrade, beginning with the minimal distribution.  In my view, once I have the minimal binary distro plus the new sources, I ought to be able to use the cm3 commands (perhaps scripted) to rebuild everything properly, as long as I do it in the correct order.
 
Now, on to my question.  I see your minimal archive has a "C:\cm3\bin\cm3.cfg" file and a "C:\cm3\bin\config" folder.  I know that in "C:\Sandbox\m3-sys\cminstall\src" we have a config folder and a config-no-install folder.  In the past, I've been copying the contents of the config-no-install folder to "C:\cm3\bin".  (1) Is this correct?  If not, please explain.
 
(2) Should the d5.8.1 "C:\cm3\bin\config" folder be deleted?  If not, how/when/should this folder be updated?
 
(3) Looking at the cm3.cfg et al from d5.8.1 and comparing to now, it seems a lot has changed, hence my questions.  I also wonder that if someone used the python or other scripts, do these handle updating the various config stuff, esp. given an aribitrary old minimal installation as a starting point?
 
Thanks for your help!
 
Regards,
Randy Coleburn

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