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From: Harald Oehlmann <wortkarg3@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Tcl 9 Build failure using Visual Studio 2022
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:14:52 +0200
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Am 11.10.2024 um 03:19 schrieb Michael Soyka:
> On 10/10/2024 1:07 PM, Michael Soyka wrote:
>> I've downloaded the tcl900-src.zip file from SourceForge and am trying 
>> to build it using the "buildall.vc.bat" script with Visual Studio 
>> 2022. Other than defining INSTALLDIR, I've changed nothing.  The 
>> executables and packages appear to build without error but not the 
>> help files which fail like so:
>>
>> : make-manpage-section: not table of contents.
>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'win\Debug_VC1941\tclsh90.exe win\.. 
>> \tools\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=win\Debug_VC1941\html"' : return 
>> code '0x1'
>> Stop.
>> *** BOOM! ***
>> DONE!
>>
>> Note that I've shortened the paths in the above error message for 
>> clarity.
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>>
>> -mike
> 
> To answer my own question, the work-around, at the moment, is to not 
> build the docs.  This means not using the shell script but invoking 
> nmake directly:
> 
>    nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc release
>    nmake -nologo -f makefile.vc install
> 
> This allows me to test my apps using 9.0.  The docs issue can be 
> addressed later.
> 

Your observation is correct.
On the other side, if the help workshop is available, it works. I always 
test this. The result is semi-optimal anyway...

Thanks,
Harald