bzr 1.14: Installing from source broken by default on Windows when compiling extensions

[Talden]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Richard B. <dj_deipotent at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> This is due to the new requirements on zlib.
>
> I  know there are several ways to get it to compile, and there is also
> the  workaround  solution of using the --allow-python-fallback option,
> but I'm wondering if any consensus has been reached on the best way of
> supporting install from source on Windows, with the new bzr 1.14 ?

I was able to build bzr.dev on windows with gcc/mingw by following the
instructions for zlib but renaming libzdll.a to libz.a.

I don't know whether similar things are needed for the other compilers.

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Talden