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authorTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2002-11-19 17:38:27 (GMT)
committerTim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>2002-11-19 17:38:27 (GMT)
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Renamed Wise vrbl from _TCLMINOR_ to _TCLDIR_, to remove any script
dependence on the Tcl/Tk version number. Now you point it at the Tcl/Tk install you want to ship, and that's what it ships.
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@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ _tkinter
XXX Some tests failed in "nmake -f makefile.vc test".
- XXX Should rename destination directory to something more generic
- XXX then tcl84. But unless I can backport 8.4.1 to the 2.2 line
- XXX too, I've got to be able to build using more than one Tcl/Tk
- XXX release, and that effectively reserves the "tcl" directory name
- XXX for the duration. Nothing that requires thought is going to
- XXX work when it comes to release crunch times.
-
Build Tk
--------
cd dist\tk8.4.1\win
@@ -117,6 +110,13 @@ _tkinter
XXX Our installer copies a lot of stuff out of the Tcl/Tk install
XXX directory. Is all of that really needed for Python use of Tcl/Tk?
+ Make sure the installer matches
+ -------------------------------
+ Ensure that the Wise compiler vrbl _TCLDIR_ is set to the name of
+ the common Tcl/Tk installation directory (tcl84 for the instructions
+ above). This is needed so the installer can copy various Tcl/Tk
+ files into the Python distribution.
+
zlib
Python wrapper for the zlib compression library. Get the source code