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diff --git a/Misc/BeOS-NOTES b/Misc/BeOS-NOTES index 90013ee..0424c4f 100644 --- a/Misc/BeOS-NOTES +++ b/Misc/BeOS-NOTES @@ -1,30 +1,5 @@ Python for BeOS R5 -This directory contains several useful things to help you build your own -version of Python for BeOS. - -What's Here? - -ar-fake - A shell script that copies around .o files, for the as much - of the general effect of ar as we need but more fool-proof. - It also has an "so" command to build the shared library - that we actually install and use. - -linkmodule - A shell script used by the build process to build the - shared library versions of the standard modules; you'll - probably need this if you want to build dynamically loaded - modules from the Python archives. - -README - This file (obviously!). - -README.readline-2.2 - Instructions for compiling/installing GNU readline 2.2. - You'll have to grab the GNU readline source code from - prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/GNU or any other GNU mirror. - - The Python interpreter is much nicer to work with - interactively if you've got readline installed. Highly - recommended. - To build, 1) ./configure --prefix=/boot/home/config @@ -84,6 +59,67 @@ Install: make install + +Using GNU readline: + + The Python interpreter is much nicer to work with interactively if + you've got readline installed. Highly recommended. + + You can get the original GNU readline 2.2 source code from your + favourite GNU software repository, such as + ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/. + + You can get the only-slightly-modified-for-BeOS version of GNU + readline 2.2 from the GeekGadgets repository; + ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/geekgadgets/. + + +Building libreadline for BeOS hosts: + + Note that we don't build a shared library version of libreadline and + libhistory. That's left as an exercise for the reader. + + You won't be able to link against libreadline.a using the limited + linker. + + 1) If you're on a PowerPC system, install the POSIX ar from + http://www.qnx.com/~chrish/Be/software/index.html#programming + (note that it's currently packaged with Python, in the BeOS/ar-1.1 + directory). + + If you're on an x86 system, you can leave out the "AR=ar-posix" + part of the following instructions. In fact, you'll have to... + + 2) For PowerPC, configure with: + + CC=mwcc CFLAGS="-O7 -i- -I." AR=ar-posix RANLIB=: ./configure --verbose \ + --without-gcc --prefix=/boot/home/config powerpc-*-beos + + For x86, configure with: + + CC=mwcc CFLAGS="-O2 -i- -I." RANLIB=: ./configure --verbose \ + --without-gcc --prefix=/boot/home/config x86-*-beos + + Don't worry about the warnings/errors configure spews for + powerpc-*-beos or x86-*-beos; readline doesn't actually use this host + information for anything, although configure will die if you don't + specify it. + + 3) Edit config.h to comment out "#define HAVE_SELECT 1"; select() on + BeOS doesn't work on file descriptors (such as stdin). + + 4) For PowerPC, make with: + + make AR=ar-posix + + For x86, make with: + + make + + 5) Install with: + + make install + Enjoy! - Chris Herborth (chrish@pobox.com) |