diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index a1777a6a87319f..4e7d29ee6e2738 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -40,13 +40,20 @@ MSVCRT90.dll. For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt. -All you need to do to build is open the solution "pcbuild.sln" in Visual -Studio, select the desired combination of configuration and platform, +To build modules that depend on external libraries, you need to download +(and, for some of them, build) those first. It's thus recommended to build +from the command line once as specified below under "Getting External Sources" +as that does this automatically. + +Then, to continue development, you can open the solution "pcbuild.sln" in +Visual Studio, select the desired combination of configuration and platform, then build with "Build Solution". You can also build from the command line using the "build.bat" script in this directory; see below for details. The solution is configured to build the projects in the correct order. +To build an installer package, refer to the README in the Tools/msi folder. + The solution currently supports two platforms. The Win32 platform is used to build standard x86-compatible 32-bit binaries, output into this directory. The x64 platform is used for building 64-bit AMD64 (aka