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diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index 0be0e3a..ac064f5 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ 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. (For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt.) -Unlike older versions, there's no longer a need to copy the project files -from a subdirectory of PC/ to the PCbuild directory -- they come in PCbuild. - 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. -The proper order to build subprojects is: +The proper order to build subprojects: 1) pythoncore (this builds the main Python DLL and library files, - python21.{dll, lib}) + python21.{dll, lib} in Release mode) + NOTE: in previous releases, this subproject was + named after the release number, e.g. python20. -2) python (this builds the main Python executable, python.exe) +2) python (this builds the main Python executable, + python.exe in Release mode) 3) the other subprojects, as desired or needed (note: you probably don't want to build most of the other subprojects, unless you're building an @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ their name: python21_d.dll, python_d.exe, parser_d.pyd, and so on. SUBPROJECTS ----------- These subprojects should build out of the box. Subprojects other than the -main ones (python21, python, pythonw) generally build a DLL (renamed to +main ones (pythoncore, python, pythonw) generally build a DLL (renamed to .pyd) from a specific module so that users don't have to load the code supporting that module unless they import the module. |