I built MariaDB 5.5.24 on Windows yesterday from source, so I just wanted to share my steps.
Here is the short version:
bzr branch lp:maria/5.5 maria-5.5 cd maria-5.5 mkdir bld cd bld cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 10" cmake --build . --config relwithdebinfo --target package
Done! Nice, neat zip file is created right there.
Here is the longer version with outputs for those interested:
C:\mariadb-5.5>bzr branch lp:maria/5.5 maria-5.5 Connected (version 2.0, client Twisted) Authentication (publickey) successful! Secsh channel 1 opened. Branched 3418 revision(s). C:\mariadb-5.5>cd maria-5.5 C:\mariadb-5.5\maria-5.5>mkdir bld C:\mariadb-5.5\maria-5.5>cd bld C:\mariadb-5.5\maria-5.5\bld>cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 10" -- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- Check for working C compiler using: Visual Studio 10 -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- …[Read more]