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Add a warning about MSVC7.
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README.woe32

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@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ Installation on Woe32 (WinNT/2000/XP, Win95/98/ME):
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- Requires MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 or 7.0.
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Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 should not be distributed: They
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depend on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part
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of a Woe32 installation. You cannot distribute 'msvcr70.dll' with the
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binaries - this would be a violation of the GPL and of the Microsoft EULA.
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You can distribute the binaries without including 'msvcr70.dll', but this
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will cause problems for users that don't have this library on their system.
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Therefore it is not recommended. This problem does not occur with MSVC 6.0
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and earlier.
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- Cannot build in a separate directory.
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- Build instructions:

libcharset/README.woe32

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- Requires MS Visual C/C++ 4.0 or 5.0 or 6.0 or 7.0.
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Note that binaries created with MSVC 7.0 should not be distributed: They
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depend on a closed-source library 'msvcr70.dll' which is not normally part
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of a Woe32 installation. You cannot distribute 'msvcr70.dll' with the
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binaries - this would be a violation of the GPL and of the Microsoft EULA.
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You can distribute the binaries without including 'msvcr70.dll', but this
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will cause problems for users that don't have this library on their system.
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Therefore it is not recommended. This problem does not occur with MSVC 6.0
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and earlier.
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- Cannot build in a separate directory.
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- Build instructions:

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