From 3999d4ae3fa89f999c38d2655e6b2d3188e60c06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lee <ler762@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:25:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add another step in the windows repease process

- verify that you have current software for the libraries
---
 doc/source/developer-manual.sgml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/source/developer-manual.sgml b/doc/source/developer-manual.sgml
index 966ec0b7..14f61bcb 100644
--- a/doc/source/developer-manual.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/developer-manual.sgml
@@ -2599,6 +2599,23 @@ make tarball-dist
         <!-- XXX  ??? are we still basing releases off a tarball???
           -->
       </para>
+
+      <para>
+        Check that you have the current versions of the
+        <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%203/">
+                    NSIS installer</ulink>,
+        <ulink url="https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/">PCRE library</ulink>,
+        <ulink url="https://tls.mbed.org/download">MBED TLS library</ulink>,
+        <ulink url="https://github.com/google/brotli/releases">
+                    Brotli library</ulink>,
+        and that the <emphasis>MAKENSIS</emphasis> evar in
+        <filename>windows/GNUMakefile</filename>
+        points to the NSIS installer program.  (See the
+        <ulink url="../user-manual/installation.html#WINBUILD-CYGWIN">
+        <emphasis>Building from Source / Windows</emphasis></ulink>
+        section of the User Manual for details.)
+      </para>
+
       <para>
         Then you can build the package.  This is fully automated, and is
         controlled by <filename>windows/GNUmakefile</filename>.
-- 
2.39.2