[Yhc] Visual Studio 2005 gives libc.lib missing errors

[Peter Tanski]

On Jan 8, 2007, at 1:05 PM, Peter Tanski wrote:
> There are also binaries under the ClamAV Native Win32 Port, at
> http://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/

I was wrong: those aren't binaries.  Here are the directions:

1. download and install MASM if you don't have it yet (it is a small,  
single executable; tiny install).  Download from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? 
FamilyId=7A1C9DA0-0510-44A2-B042-7EF370530C64&displaylang=en
note: it installs into the VC++/bin directory

2. download and install 7zip if you don't  have it.  Download from:
http://www.7-zip.org/

3. download the full GMP library (currently v4.2.1) and extract it  
into a directory, i.e., \gmp-4.2.1
http://swox.com/gmp/#DOWNLOAD

4. download the appropriate archive from http://oss.netfarm.it/ 
clamav/ and extract it *into* the gmp directory.

5. the .vcproj file will be in \gmp-4.2.1\msvc\gmp.  Open it.

6. in normal VC++ I believe you may be fine; in VC++ Express you need  
to do this:
     * go to the project Properties and under Resources/General,
     * under Additional Include Directories add the include directory  
that contains "windows.h" (it is included in the resource file).  VC+ 
+ Express does not come with "windows.h," but I believe the  
"windows.h" from Mingw should work.

After all this it should build fine as a DLL (gmpd.dll).  Note that  
the default Build is a Debug Build, so you might want to change that  
as well.

Cheers,
Pete

P.S., there might be an easier way to automate this process  
(especially finding a "windows.h").  Since it is only a resource file  
that needs windows.h, it might be possible to simply repackage the  
whole distribution (gmp, the gmp-msvc version and windows.h)  
together.  It might not introduce conflicts if someone has another  
windows.h in their path (i.e., full version or old version of VC++)  
but the local directories are searched first.  If all that works you  
might be able to use scons to call the build.