Re: Nmap Windows Makefile

[Daniel Roethlisberger <daniel () roe ch>]

Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> 2009-08-04:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:44:32PM +0300, ithilgore wrote:
> > 1) The path for NSIS is assumed as C:\apps\NSIS
> > However, the default path for NSIS normally is C:\Progam Files\NSIS
> >
> > 2) The path for cygwin's c drive is assumed as /c, while the default
> > is /cygdrive/c which requires the developer to make a symlink.
> >
> > Is there a reason for these 2 changes?
> >
> > Since Ncrack needs to be largely compatible with Nmap, even when that just
> > involves compilation, I would propose that we either change Nmap's Makefile to
> > handle the default paths or if that is not considered as generic (for reasons
> > that I am not currently aware of) I can change Ncrack's Makefile to use the same
> > paths as Nmap's.
>
> Hi Ithilgore.  Those are old customizations based on my system
> configuration.  I think using the defaults would be better, even
> though I do think "c:\Program Files" is an abomination compared to
> "/bin".

Talking about abominations... This may or may not be obvious, but
the default location of the program files folder differs between
localized versions of Windows.  Some examples are "c:\Programme",
"c:\Program Filer" or "c:\Programma's".  %ProgramFiles% should
point to the correct folder.

> So go ahead and use the defaults for your Ncrack installer, and please
> change the Nmap Windows Makefile as well.
>
> Thanks,
> -F

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Daniel Roethlisberger
http://daniel.roe.ch/

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