Date: 2012-07-17 10:12:49 +0200
From: suchitradaemon
To: SQL devs <>
Version: 11.11.5 (Jul2012)
CC: @drstmane

Last updated: 2012-07-17 17:58:25 +0200

Comment 17468

Date: 2012-07-17 10:12:49 +0200
From: suchitradaemon

Comment 17469

Date: 2012-07-17 10:31:29 +0200
From: suchitradaemon

Created attachment 130
buildtool nmake install fails

Attached file: buildtool_nmake_fail.png (image/png, 70076 bytes)
Description: buildtool nmake install fails

Comment 17470

Date: 2012-07-17 10:40:50 +0200
From: @drstmane

Which source code version are you using?

Please note that compilation on Windows is only available from HG source, not from source tarballs.

Please also note that calling nmake in .../buildtools/ is not part of the Windows build instructions; cf.,
http://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB/file/8dace860d137/buildtools/doc/windowsbuild.rst

Comment 17471

Date: 2012-07-17 11:29:16 +0200
From: suchitradaemon

Thanks for the reply. I was using the source tarball. I'll use the HG source.
(In reply to comment 2)

Which source code version are you using?

Please note that compilation on Windows is only available from HG source, not
from source tarballs.

Please also note that calling nmake in .../buildtools/ is not part of the
Windows build instructions; cf.,
http://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB/file/8dace860d137/buildtools/doc/windowsbuild.rst

Comment 17494

Date: 2012-07-17 17:58:25 +0200
From: @drstmane

Compiling MonetDB on Windows from source tarballs is currently not supported, and will likely remain unsupported for the foreseeable future.

On Windows, we strongly recommend to use binary installers; cf., http://dev.monetdb.org/downloads/Windows/Latest/ .

If you indeed need to compile from source on Windows, we assume you know why and what you are doing. In that case, you need to use the sources directly from HG (http://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB/), and we strongly recommend to checkout the latest release tag or branch. Windows build instructions for experts are available at http://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB/file/7a616de6829a/buildtools/doc/windowsbuild.rst .