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Build Tools
Windows
The majority of the Synchronet executable files and libraries for Windows are built with Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2019 for Windows Desktop (free, but requires an MSDN subscription).
Certain GUI components (e.g. Synchronet Control Panel, sbbsctrl.exe) are currently built with Borland C++Builder 6, with efforts under way to transition to something else.
The Synchronet Windows 95 FOSSIL driver (sbbsexec.vxd) cannot currently be rebuilt with modern Windows tools and SDKs.
The 16-bit portion of the Synchronet FOSSIL driver (dosxtrn.exe) can be rebuilt using Microsoft Visual C++ v1.52 (16-bit).
The gitinfo.bat build component that generates git_branch.h and git_hash.h requires the tr GNU/Unix utility.
UNIX
GNU C/C++ (gcc) is officially supported on Unix/Linux platforms, while other compilers (e.g Intel C Compiler, Clang) may be used by experienced programmers.
GCC
Version 4.6 or later of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is required (specifically, for anonymous struct support).
