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diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index 4cacc9a..6367a90 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -Building Python using VC++ 6.0 or 5.0 +Building Python using VC++ 7.1 ------------------------------------- This directory is used to build Python for Win32 platforms, e.g. Windows -95, 98 and NT. It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 6.x or 5.x. +95, 98 and NT. It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 +(a.k.a. Visual Studio .NET 2003). (For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt.) -All you need to do is open the workspace "pcbuild.dsw" in MSVC++, select -the Debug or Release setting (using Build -> Set Active Configuration...), -and build the projects. +All you need to do is open the workspace "pcbuild.sln" in MSVC++, select +the Debug or Release setting (using "Solution Configuration" from +the "Standard" toolbar"), and build the projects. The proper order to build subprojects: @@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ The proper order to build subprojects: to the subsystems they implement; see SUBPROJECTS below) When using the Debug setting, the output files have a _d added to -their name: python21_d.dll, python_d.exe, parser_d.pyd, and so on. +their name: python24_d.dll, python_d.exe, parser_d.pyd, and so on. SUBPROJECTS ----------- @@ -83,16 +84,16 @@ _tkinter Go to http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/ and download - tcl843-src.zip - tk843-src.zip + tcl845-src.zip + tk845-src.zip Unzip into - dist\tcl8.4.3\ - dist\tk8.4.3\ + dist\tcl8.4.5\ + dist\tk8.4.5\ respectively. Build Tcl first (done here w/ MSVC 6 on Win98SE) --------------- - cd dist\tcl8.4.3\win + cd dist\tcl8.4.5\win run vcvars32.bat [necessary even on Win2K] nmake -f makefile.vc nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcl84 install @@ -107,9 +108,9 @@ _tkinter Build Tk -------- - cd dist\tk8.4.3\win - nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.3 - nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.3 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcl84 install + cd dist\tk8.4.5\win + nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.5 + nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.5 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcl84 install XXX Should we compile with OPTS=threads? @@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ bz2 FC: no differences encountered If FC finds differences, see the warning abou WinZip above (when I first tried it, sample3.ref failed due to CRLF conversion). + + # XXX: it fails with vc 7.1, so the tests are skipped for now. All of this managed to build bzip2-1.0.2\libbz2.lib, which the Python project links in. @@ -169,35 +172,36 @@ _bsddb Go to Sleepycat's download page: http://www.sleepycat.com/download/ - and download version 4.1.25. The file name is db-4.1.25.NC.zip. + and download version 4.2.42. The file name is db-4.2.52.NC.zip. XXX with or without strong cryptography? I picked "without". Unpack into - dist\db-4.1.25 + dist\db-4.2.52 - [If using WinZip to unpack the db-4.1.25.NC distro, that requires + [If using WinZip to unpack the db-4.2.52.NC distro, that requires renaming the directory (to remove ".NC") after unpacking. ] Open - dist\db-4.1.25\docs\index.html + dist\db-4.2.52\docs\index.html and follow the Windows instructions for building the Sleepycat software. Note that Berkeley_DB.dsw is in the build_win32 subdirectory. Build the Release version ("build_all -- Win32 Release"). - XXX We're actually linking against Release_static\libdb41s.lib. + XXX We're actually linking against Release_static\libdb42s.lib. XXX This yields the following warnings: """ Compiling... _bsddb.c Linking... Creating library ./_bsddb.lib and object ./_bsddb.exp -LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_malloc" imported -LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_free" imported -LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_fclose" imported -LINK : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol "_fopen" imported -_bsddb.pyd - 0 error(s), 4 warning(s) +_bsddb.obj : warning LNK4217: locally defined symbol _malloc imported in function __db_associateCallback +_bsddb.obj : warning LNK4217: locally defined symbol _free imported in function __DB_consume +_bsddb.obj : warning LNK4217: locally defined symbol _fclose imported in function _DB_verify +_bsddb.obj : warning LNK4217: locally defined symbol _fopen imported in function _DB_verify +_bsddb.obj : warning LNK4217: locally defined symbol _strncpy imported in function _init_pybsddb +__bsddb - 0 error(s), 5 warning(s) """ XXX This isn't encouraging, but I don't know what to do about it. @@ -238,9 +242,9 @@ _ssl http://www.openssl.org You (probably) don't want the "engine" code. For example, get - openssl-0.9.6g.tar.gz + openssl-0.9.7c.tar.gz not - openssl-engine-0.9.6g.tar.gz + openssl-engine-0.9.7c.tar.gz Unpack into the "dist" directory, retaining the folder name from the archive - for example, the latest stable OpenSSL will install as @@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ _ssl Win9x note: If, near the start of the build process, you see something like - C:\Code\openssl-0.9.6g>set OPTS=no-asm + C:\Code\openssl-0.9.7c>set OPTS=no-asm Out of environment space then you're in trouble, and will probably also see these errors near |