[Mangos Two] [rel21] Mangos Easy Build

[tbayart]

Hi,

I have a 'old' running mangos server and wanted to take a look into the work in progress 'release 21'.

I figured out how to generate the release 21 project using Mangos Easy Build but it is very strict.

I already had mysql installed using zip install. So usually I start mysql on my computer using command line as needed.

This is not regognized by easy build.

I installed OpenSSL on a second drive because my system drive is low in free space.

This is not regognized by easy build.

I didn't found easy build source code on mangos github.

Can we expect you to release the source code in the future so people could contribute to it ?

Also, I would like to understand the need of mysql to generate the visual studio project ?

Still a nice and useful tool.

[Foereaper]

The original Mangos source had a static, built in MySQL library which was close to 6 years old when I started rewriting the build system. For security reasons, we decided it would be better to use the MySQL library installed on the specific system the core is compiled on. This offers more flexibility for what MySQL version your core is built with as well as better system compatibility. However, it does require you to have MySQL installed.

[tbayart]

Thank you Foereaper for your reply.

I now understand the need for mysql install.

Anyway, it works and I have a up and running test server with rel21 with a database from scratch.

I'm going to test updating my rel18 database to rel21.