Update 'tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt' for Windows Tor build

./doc/tor-win32-mingw-creation.txt is outdated and needs to be reviewed.

changed milestone to %Tor: 0.2.5.x-final

added 024-backport component::core tor/tor milestone::Tor: 0.2.5.x-final owner::tom priority::medium resolution::wontfix status::closed tor-client type::enhancement version::tor unspecified labels

Assigning this to Erinn, since she has the build process documented, and should be able to just review it for accuracy and copy the right portion of it into the right file. cc'ing sebastian, since he's written up instructions of this kind before.

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Cc: N/A to Sebastian
Milestone: N/A to Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Owner: N/A to erinn
Status: new to assigned

Glad to review here, but I hope someone else writes the patch

See also #4260 (moved) here.

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Keywords: N/A deleted, tor-client added

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Component: Tor Client to Tor

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Milestone: Tor: 0.2.3.x-final to Tor: 0.2.4.x-final

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Keywords: tor-client deleted, tor-client 024-deferrable added

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tor-win32-mingw-creation-v1.txt

I've attached a first pass at this. Notes:

1. I believe this to be correct based on my work in #8401 (moved) but I need to confirm it in a completely clean VM.

2. The Windows packaging scripts are out of date and broken. On Windows 7 the installer does not work because it does not ask for elevation to Admin. Is producing an installer for bare tor.exe still desirable? If so I will see if I can wrangle NSIS enough to make it work. I don't know anything about it, so I'm merely assuming it is the best thing to use to produce the Windows installer.

3. I don't know enough about Linux automake to know when 'autogen' is required vs not required.

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Owner: erinn to tom

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Status: assigned to needs_review

My biggest question here is whether this is actually the process we're using to make the 'tor only' bundles on the website.

Also, I have no idea whether nsis is in fact the best thing to use; it would of course be good to have win7 support.

You need to invoke autogen if you checked out the code from git and you don't have a configure file.

I think this looks okay, but echo Nick's question about whether this is actually the same process we use to make the downloadable binary bundles.

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Milestone: Tor: 0.2.4.x-final to Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Keywords: tor-client 024-deferrable deleted, tor-client 024-backport added

I've temporarily removed the current version from tor.git until we have a version (this one?) known to be accurate.

File is no more, no one seems to be bothered, so problem is no more.

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Status: needs_review to closed
Resolution: N/A to wontfix

I am trying to build Tor on Windows and the correct instructions would be lovely.

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Username: yarong

If you removed file documenting the build process then how you supposed to produce tor.exe for expert and vidalia bundles? You should to document how you supposed to produce expert and vidalia bundles or stop to build them.

I'm looking for instructions on how to build tor for Windows. Please reopen this ticket and fix it--it is a problem. Thanks.

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Username: Alan

FYI, a blog article about building tor under windows, from someone outside the tor project: http://www.mictronics.de/2014/04/how-to-build-tor-for-win32/

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Username: Alan

FYI, these are the build scripts that are said to be used by the tor "ci" (continuous integration aka nightly builds) project. https://gitweb.torproject.org/project/jenkins/tools.git/tree/HEAD:/slaves/windows

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Username: Alan

I'd be happy to replace the "how to build" documentation with a link to the build scripts, or a link to the part of the TBB build documentation that explains how to build the tor.exe file.

I've opened a new #13694 (moved) for this. Gk says he'll try to solicit and vet instructions.

FYI, these are instructions for setting up the build environment for torbrowser https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git/blob/HEAD:/docs/buildmachine_setups/windows.txt

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Username: Alan

closed

mentioned in issue #13557 (closed)

mentioned in issue #13694 (moved)

moved to tpo/core/tor#4520 (closed)

mentioned in issue tpo/core/tor#13694