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| author | Greg Noel <GregNoel@tigris.org> | 2010-04-24 05:51:13 (GMT) |
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| committer | Greg Noel <GregNoel@tigris.org> | 2010-04-24 05:51:13 (GMT) |
| commit | 7e116b31182749950856c622ca7932031f8be19c (patch) | |
| tree | a4b9f900e52561a91e0c4509dc6c692492996b7f /README | |
| parent | 591b78f0f314f11192fdf13d3baa66f81b160e44 (diff) | |
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http://scons.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2345
Comb out all code that supported earlier versions of Python. Most such
code is in snippets of only a few lines and can be identified by having
a Python version string in it. Such snippets add up; this combing pass
probably got rid of over 500 lines of code.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 33 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 31 deletions
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ latest version at the SCons download page: EXECUTION REQUIREMENTS ====================== -Running SCons requires Python version 1.5.2 or later. There should be +Running SCons requires Python version 2.4 or later. There should be no other dependencies or requirements to run SCons. The default SCons configuration assumes use of the Microsoft Visual C++ @@ -67,36 +67,7 @@ configuration of Environment construction variables. INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS ========================= -Building and installing SCons from this package requires the Python -distutils package. The distutils package was not shipped as a standard -part of Python until Python version 1.6, so if your system is running -Python 1.5.2, you may not have distutils installed. If you are running -Python version 1.6 or later, you should be fine. - -NOTE TO RED HAT USERS: Red Hat shipped Python 1.5.2 as the default all -the way up to Red Hat Linux 7.3, so you probably do *not* have distutils -installed, unless you have already done so manually or are running Red -Hat 8.0 or later. - -In this case, your options are: - - -- (Optional.) Install from a pre-packaged SCons package that - does not require distutils: - - Red Hat Linux scons-1.3.0.noarch.rpm - - Debian GNU/Linux use apt-get to get the official package - - Windows scons-1.3.0.win32.exe - - -- (Recommended.) Download the latest distutils package from the - following URL: - - http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/download.html - - Install the distutils according to the instructions on the page. - You can then proceed to the next section to install SCons from - this package. +Nothing special. INSTALLATION |