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@@ -71,8 +71,13 @@ Configure as follows:
CC=cl CXX="cl /TP /GR" CPPFLAGS=-DHAVE_VSNPRINTF ./configure --disable-test-compare-images --enable-build-external-libs --with-buildrules=msvc
make
-Then add the full path to the libqpdf/build directory to your path and
-run
+The -DHAVE_VSNPRINTF is really only required for things that include
+zutil.h from zlib. You don't have to worry about this when compiling
+against qpdf with MSVC -- only when building zlib. It's harmless to
+include with the rest of the qpdf build.
+
+Once built, add the full path to the libqpdf/build directory to your
+path and run
make check