Changes between Version 73 and Version 74 of BuildingUsingGenericBuildsystem

Timestamp:

02/15/13 10:41:05 (11 years ago)

Author:

Samuli Seppänen

Comment:

Added info on how to run makensis manually

BuildingUsingGenericBuildsystem

@@ -142 +142 @@
 = Creating a NSIS installer ("windows-nsis" subdir) =
 
+== Building and packaging ==
+
 You can use the scripts in ''openvpn-build/windows-nsis'' to create a [http://nsis.sourceforge.net NSIS] installer for Windows. The scripts use the generic build system to build OpenVPN and it's dependencies (e.g. lzo, openssl), and use [http://sourceforge.net/projects/osslsigncode osslsigncode] for signing the resulting binaries, if requested.
 
@@ -174 +176 @@
 '''NOTE:''' To make sure fresh tarballs are used, empty ./sources directory before building.
 
+== Packaging without building ==
+
+Building OpenVPN and it's dependencies takes time, so if you're only making changes to ''openvpn.nsi'' you should only rebuild the Windows installers:
+
+{{{
+makensis -DARCH=x86_64\
+-DVERSION_STRING=2.3_master-I001_master\
+-DOPENVPN_ROOT=tmp\\installer\\openvpn\
+-DTAP_WINDOWS_INSTALLER=tmp\\tap-windows-9.9.2.exe\
+-DSPECIAL_BUILD\
+-DUSE_TAP_WINDOWS\
+-DEASYRSA_ROOT=tmp\\installer\\easy-rsa\
+-DUSE_EASYRSA\
+-DUSE_OPENVPN_GUI\
+-DOUTPUT=./openvpn-test.exe\
+-DPACKAGE_NAME=OpenVPN openvpn.nsi
+}}}
+
+Make sure the variables match your latest complete build.
 = Building natively on Windows using the MSVC toolchain ("msvc" subdir) =