[Libreoffice] Registry keys for Windows compilation

[Mat M]

Le Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:37:25 +0100, Mat M <matm at gmx.fr> a écrit:

> Le Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:02:56 +0100, julien2412 <serval2412 at yahoo.fr> a  
> écrit:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to compile on Windows Vista (usually I compile without pb on  
>> a
>> Debian testing) and had error messages :
>> checking the Perl version... checked (perl 5)
>> checking for required Perl modules... all modules found
>> checking for a friendly Microsoft C/C++ compiler installation path...  
>> Can't
>> find MS Visual Studio / VC++ at ./oowintool line 188.
>> cygpath: can't convert empty path
>> cygpath: can't convert empty path
>>
>> checking for mspdb80.dll... no
>> checking for mspdb100.dll... no
>> checking the Microsoft C/C++ Compiler... checking for cl.exe... no
>> cygpath: can't convert empty path
>> cygpath: can't convert empty path
>> configure: error: Microsoft C/C++ Compiler not found. Use  
>> --with-cl-home or
>> set path to cl.exe.
>> Error running configure at ./autogen.sh line 157.
>>
>> I took a look at oowintool, the pb is cygwin doesn't map all the
>> /proc/registry.
>> For example, there's nothing there :
>> /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/VCExpress
>
> If you use Express 2010, the key is in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

Answer to myself: no, it is in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node in  
the real x64 registry.
And cygwin seems to map it to /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE.
Wow.

Mathias