Add section about building for Windows to README

zeek · Nov 30, 2023 · 54433a7 · 54433a7
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 On macOS with Homebrew, use `--with-openssl={/usr/local,/opt/homebrew}/opt/[email protected]`
 
+##### Windows
+
+For Windows builds, any recent version of Visual Studio will work. You will need
+to pass `-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="3rdparty/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"`
+to the CMake invocation. This will make vcpkg install the proper dependencies for
+the build.
+
 #### Usage
 
 On all endpoints, run as `root`: