added notes about supported compilers

2 files changed, 42 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/README.cmake b/README.cmake
index 5016019a..5feaf551 100644
--- a/README.cmake
+++ b/README.cmake
@@ -3,57 +3,63 @@ This file describes how to compile dbus using the cmake build system
 Requirements
 ------------
 - cmake version >= 2.4.4 see http://www.cmake.org
-- installed libexpat
+- installed libexpat see http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/ 
+    unsupported RelWithDebInfo builds could be fetched 
+    from http://sourceforge.net/projects/kde-windows/files/expat/
 
 Building
 --------
 
-Win32 MinGW
-1. install cmake and libexpat
-2. get dbus sources
-3. unpack dbus sources into a sub directory (referred as <dbus-src-root> later)
-4. mkdir dbus-build
-5. cd dbus-build
-6. run 
+Win32 MinGW-w64|32
+1. install mingw-w64 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/
+2. install cmake and libexpat
+3. get dbus sources
+4. unpack dbus sources into a sub directory (referred as <dbus-src-root> later)
+5. mkdir dbus-build
+6. cd dbus-build
+7. run 
     cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" [<options, see below>] <dbus-src-root>/cmake
     mingw32-make
     mingw32-make install
 
 Win32 Microsoft nmake
-1. install cmake and libexpat
-2. get dbus sources
-3. unpack dbus sources into a sub directory (referred as <dbus-src-root> later)
-4. mkdir dbus-build
-5. cd dbus-build
-6. run 
+1. install MSVC 2010 Express Version from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express
+2. install cmake and libexpat
+3. get dbus sources
+4. unpack dbus sources into a sub directory (referred as <dbus-src-root> later)
+5. mkdir dbus-build
+6. cd dbus-build
+7. run 
     cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" [<options, see below>] <dbus-src-root>/cmake
     nmake
     nmake install
 
-Win32 Visual Studio Express IDE
-1. install cmake and libexpat
-2. get dbus sources
-3. unpack dbus sources into a sub directory (referred as <dbus-src-root> later)
-4. mkdir dbus-build
-5. cd dbus-build
-6. run
+Win32 Visual Studio 2010 Express IDE
+1. install MSVC 2010 Express Version from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express
+2. install cmake and libexpat
+3. get dbus sources
+4. unpack dbus sources into a sub directory (referred as <dbus-src-root> later)
+5. mkdir dbus-build
+6. cd dbus-build
+7. run
       cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" [<options, see below>] <dbus-src-root>/cmake
-7a. open IDE with
+8a. open IDE with
       vcexpress dbus.sln
-7b. for immediate build run
+8b. for immediate build run
       vcexpress dbus.sln /build
 
-Win32 Visual Studio Professional IDE
-1. install cmake and libexpat
-2. get dbus sources
-3. unpack dbus sources into a sub directory (referred as <dbus-src-root> later)
-4. mkdir dbus-build
-5. cd dbus-build
-6. run 
+Win32 Visual Studio 2010 Professional IDE
+1. install MSVC 2010 Professional Version
+2. install cmake and libexpat
+3. get dbus sources
+4. unpack dbus sources into a sub directory (referred as <dbus-src-root> later)
+5. mkdir dbus-build
+6. cd dbus-build
+7. run 
       cmake -G "Visual Studio 10" [<options, see below>] <dbus-src-root>/cmake
-7a. open IDE with
+8a. open IDE with
       devenv dbus.sln
-7b. for immediate build run
+8b. for immediate build run
       devenv dbus.sln /build
 
 Linux
diff --git a/README.win b/README.win
index eb26fa5c..d18f23d0 100644
--- a/README.win
+++ b/README.win
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ DBus comes with a test suite which is used on unix to guarantate
 production quality and this test suite runs mostly. There are some
 test not running yet and there is help needed to get them running.
 
+Supported compilers
+-------------------
+On windows Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (Express and professional variants) 
+and mingw-w64|32 are known to work.
 
 Building
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