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OK, well given that it really isn't a problem for me to build and upload ACC, I'll keep doing it unless there is a good reason not to.

Agent ME over at Zdoom has said that he had problems running my Visual C build but if the files are getting the kind of downloads you say they are, it's reasonable to assume that they are of use to someone otherwise there probably would have been more "it doesn't work" feedback. I'll maybe add a warning to the header file to make people aware of the situation.

[edit] Header file changed and Graf's build renamed to tie in with what the header says. [/edit]

Enjay, yes, people are downloading your ACC builds, according to the site log.

I haven't checked the log thoroughly, but there are at least 16 unique hits against the .zip files just last week alone, and tons more of people checking the directory itself (presumably, to see if it's been updated).

If you want, I can try and see if I can add a stat tracker for you. Most of the hits on the SVN site are probably just people checking to see if anything's been updated, though. I'd say 1 in 4 visits ever get an actual download.

In this thread over at Zdoom

http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20771

Graf mentioned that compiling ACC with Visual C++ 2005 is not exactly ideal and that running the compiled binary requires a certain DLL that comes with VC++ 2005 and some other programs but which most people won't have.

I'm not really in a position to install MiniGW ATM so I would like to know if people consider me continuing to build binaries with VC++ 2005 worthwhile.

So, are people downloading an using my compiled ACC files or is it a pointless exercise?

The most recent upload at this time contains the binary built by Graf and should therefore be fine.

I've just uploaded a new build of ACC (r1311) However, it still appears to have the bug.
http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19881


The only reason to DL and try 1311 would be if you want to give this new feature a go:
http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=20040

If you don't want to play around with that, stick with the older version as it is more likely to be able to compile your scripts.

For info, I have re-uploaded my compile of ACC from 14th September (1228) as that was the last one that seemed to work. I've certainly be using it a bit without any problems. I removed the two newer builds because there are some significant problems with them that will have to be fixed in the code.

Thanks Graf and Martin. So, it is worthwhile building ACC and I won't worry about those warnings. I'll proabably disable them as suggested.

[quote="Enjay"]and I get all these when I hit the compile button[/quote]
The CRT SECURE and POSIX NAME stuff is Microsoft deprecating half the standard C library :P

The former is because many C Runtime Library (CRT) routines take a memory address but no size, thus making it impossible for the routine to check for buffer overflows. The latter is because of POSIX naming conventions being different to normal C conventions.

Something like this needs the support of the whole C community, not Microsoft unilaterally imposing it on everybody and if you're compiling mature legacy C code without intending a near-complete rewrite, it just gets in the way, as such programs should by now make calls to the CRT with valid buffers. Of course, the biggest offender was probably the Windows source code, hence the many IE exploits :evil:

In MSVC, disable warnings 4995 and 4996 to suppress these.

The current ACC version is 7 months old so the recent additions are not in.

Thinking about it, I was wondering how useful SVN ACC builds are. Has there ever been a time when the SVN version of ACC was out of step with the official version posted on Zdoom?

As far as I am aware, ACC occasionally gets a change made to it and, when that happens, Randy compiles a new version and puts it online. Is that not the case? I can't remember a time where people were desperately waiting for an official release of ACC so that they could use some feature that was in the SVN version.

OK, I've put my build of ACC up. I've tested it with a few of my scripts and it seems to work just fine. I've used the same naming convention as the other builds. ACC currently reports as r1228 when you use TortoiseSVN but it only does so because that's the current Zdoom revision number. Internally, ACC only reports itself as 1.46. It would be pointless to upload a build of ACC every time the Zdoom revision number changes so I'll just keep an eye on it and when something changes with ACC, I'll upload a build using whatever the revision number at the time is.

Sure, go right ahead. I'll go ahead and make the directory, though, because the notice that I want shown on all folders does not automatically transfer to new folders.

Soon, I'm gonna decorate each page with its own style and its own unique message. :)

Ah, OK then. Are you happy enough for me to put up a build when I get home? If so, would it makes sense to have a separate ACC directory seeing as how Zdoom and GZdoom both use it?

Looks like it compiled fine to me. Those messages were just warnings. I know, it's weird, it does that on my system too.

You can turn off warning generation, it's in the individual project's settings. I would only ever do it under "release", though. Those warnings are handy if you ever need to make any code changes.

What these warnings are saying, is your project pretty much is not .NET compliant, and it's trying to tell you how to make them so.

Compiling...
token.c
.\token.c(308) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\token.c(315) : warning C4996: 'strcat': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcat_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(79) : see declaration of 'strcat'
.\token.c(345) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\token.c(346) : warning C4996: 'strcat': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcat_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(79) : see declaration of 'strcat'
symbol.c
.\symbol.c(414) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
strlist.c
.\strlist.c(110) : warning C4996: 'strncpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strncpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(157) : see declaration of 'strncpy'
.\strlist.c(246) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
pcode.c
.\pcode.c(481) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\pcode.c(1490) : warning C4996: 'strncpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strncpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(157) : see declaration of 'strncpy'
parse.c
.\parse.c(3897) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
misc.c
.\misc.c(150) : warning C4996: 'open': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _open. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(328) : see declaration of 'open'
.\misc.c(164) : warning C4996: 'read': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _read. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(329) : see declaration of 'read'
.\misc.c(165) : warning C4996: 'close': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _close. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(318) : see declaration of 'close'
.\misc.c(185) : warning C4996: 'open': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _open. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(328) : see declaration of 'open'
.\misc.c(190) : warning C4996: 'write': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _write. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(334) : see declaration of 'write'
.\misc.c(191) : warning C4996: 'close': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _close. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(318) : see declaration of 'close'
.\misc.c(274) : warning C4996: 'strcat': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcat_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(79) : see declaration of 'strcat'
error.c
.\error.c(263) : warning C4996: 'fopen': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using fopen_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\stdio.h(234) : see declaration of 'fopen'
.\error.c(359) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\error.c(362) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\error.c(366) : warning C4996: 'strcat': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcat_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(79) : see declaration of 'strcat'
acc.c
.\acc.c(206) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\acc.c(210) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\acc.c(224) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\acc.c(252) : warning C4996: 'fopen': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using fopen_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
        F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\stdio.h(234) : see declaration of 'fopen'
Generating Code...
Linking...
Embedding manifest...

I would happily compile ACC if someone could step me through how to do it. I just checked out the SVN and tried to compile it. I got an executable that seems to run but I got a bunch or warnings when I did it so I assume that I'm doing something wrong. Remember, I'm still pretty new at this compiling lark. ;)

When I load it into Visual C++ I get told that "The source control provider associated with this solution could not be found. The projects will be treated as not under source control."

and I get all these when I hit the compile button

[spoiler][code]Compiling...
token.c
.\token.c(308) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\token.c(315) : warning C4996: 'strcat': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcat_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(79) : see declaration of 'strcat'
.\token.c(345) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\token.c(346) : warning C4996: 'strcat': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcat_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(79) : see declaration of 'strcat'
symbol.c
.\symbol.c(414) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
strlist.c
.\strlist.c(110) : warning C4996: 'strncpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strncpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(157) : see declaration of 'strncpy'
.\strlist.c(246) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
pcode.c
.\pcode.c(481) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\pcode.c(1490) : warning C4996: 'strncpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strncpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(157) : see declaration of 'strncpy'
parse.c
.\parse.c(3897) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
misc.c
.\misc.c(150) : warning C4996: 'open': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _open. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(328) : see declaration of 'open'
.\misc.c(164) : warning C4996: 'read': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _read. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(329) : see declaration of 'read'
.\misc.c(165) : warning C4996: 'close': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _close. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(318) : see declaration of 'close'
.\misc.c(185) : warning C4996: 'open': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _open. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(328) : see declaration of 'open'
.\misc.c(190) : warning C4996: 'write': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _write. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(334) : see declaration of 'write'
.\misc.c(191) : warning C4996: 'close': The POSIX name for this item is deprecated. Instead, use the ISO C++ conformant name: _close. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\io.h(318) : see declaration of 'close'
.\misc.c(274) : warning C4996: 'strcat': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcat_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(79) : see declaration of 'strcat'
error.c
.\error.c(263) : warning C4996: 'fopen': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using fopen_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\stdio.h(234) : see declaration of 'fopen'
.\error.c(359) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\error.c(362) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\error.c(366) : warning C4996: 'strcat': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcat_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(79) : see declaration of 'strcat'
acc.c
.\acc.c(206) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\acc.c(210) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\acc.c(224) : warning C4996: 'strcpy': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using strcpy_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\string.h(74) : see declaration of 'strcpy'
.\acc.c(252) : warning C4996: 'fopen': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using fopen_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See online help for details.
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include\stdio.h(234) : see declaration of 'fopen'
Generating Code...
Linking...
Embedding manifest...[/code][/spoiler]

:dunno:

I don't know if this is the correct place, but i remember that when Nash was maintaining the SVN service, he was also hosting svn copies of acc.exe...
Can it be possible to host this service here too?