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| author | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2006-06-29 18:58:44 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2006-06-29 18:58:44 (GMT) |
| commit | 1bf59597ddff33a604bf6957aed78d76122e2ba2 (patch) | |
| tree | e1ead82b7eb2f06dc81b2e4518f1d07d7a5976b9 /PCbuild/readme.txt | |
| parent | bde081329bbf658be0267b067c61341e0a4a74b8 (diff) | |
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Patch #1509163: MS Toolkit Compiler no longer available
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diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index f6c8bf7..46c3dde 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -280,12 +280,21 @@ The build process for Visual C++ can be used almost unchanged with the free MS Toolkit Compiler. This provides a way of building Python using freely available software. +Note that Microsoft have withdrawn the free MS Toolkit Compiler, so this can +no longer be considered a supported option. The instructions are still +correct, but you need to already have a copy of the compiler in order to use +them. Microsoft now supply Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition for free, but this +is NOT compatible with Visual C++ 7.1 (it uses a different C runtime), and so +cannot be used to build a version of Python compatible with the standard +python.org build. If you are interested in using Visual C++ 2005 Express +Edition, however, you should look at the PCBuild8 directory. + Requirements To build Python, the following tools are required: * The Visual C++ Toolkit Compiler - from http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/ + no longer available for download - see above * A recent Platform SDK from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=484269e2-3b89-47e3-8eb7-1f2be6d7123a * The .NET 1.1 SDK |