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authorBernard Normier <bernard@zeroc.com>2015-11-17 14:39:16 -0500
committerBernard Normier <bernard@zeroc.com>2015-11-17 14:39:16 -0500
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@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ The Ice build system for Windows downloads and installs Nuget and these
Nuget packages when you build Ice for C++. The third-party packages
are installed in the ``ice/cpp/third-party-packages`` folder.
-### Monotonic Clock
-
-Ice uses the `QueryPerformanceCounter` Windows API function to measure time with
-a monotonic clock. If you are experiencing timing or performance issues, there
-are two knowledgebase articles that may be relevant for your system:
-
- - [KB 896256](http://support.microsoft.com/?id=896256)
- - [KB 895980](http://support.microsoft.com/?id=895980)
-
## Building Ice
Open a command prompt that is configured for your target architecture. For
@@ -54,14 +45,14 @@ fourth configurations produce 64-bit binaries.
In the command window, change to the `cpp` subdirectory:
- $ cd cpp
+ cd cpp
Edit `config\Make.rules.mak` to establish your build configuration. The comments
in the file provide more information.
Now you're ready to build Ice:
- > nmake /f Makefile.mak
+ nmake /f Makefile.mak
This will build the Ice core libraries, services, and tests.
@@ -83,17 +74,17 @@ If you built a 64-bit version of Ice, the binaries are installed in the
Python is required to run the test suite. Additionally, the Glacier2 tests
require the Python module `passlib`, which you can install with the command:
- > pip install passlib
+ pip install passlib
After a successful source build, you can run the tests as follows:
- > python allTests.py
+ python allTests.py
If everything worked out, you should see lots of `ok` messages. In case of a
failure, the tests abort with `failed`.
[1]: https://zeroc.com/download.html
-[2]: https://doc.zeroc.com/display/Ice36/Supported+Platforms+for+Ice+3.6.1
+[2]: https://doc.zeroc.com/display/Ice36/Supported+Platforms+for+Ice+3.7.0
[3]: http://expat.sourceforge.net
[4]: http://bzip.org
[5]: http://symas.com/mdb/