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diff --git a/PC/VC6/readme.txt b/PC/VC6/readme.txt index 394b561..cfa549f 100644 --- a/PC/VC6/readme.txt +++ b/PC/VC6/readme.txt @@ -62,40 +62,37 @@ unpack into new subdirectories of dist\. _tkinter Python wrapper for the Tk windowing system. Requires building - Tcl/Tk first. Following are instructions for Tcl/Tk 8.4.3: + Tcl/Tk first. Following are instructions for Tcl/Tk 8.4.12. Get source ---------- - Go to - http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/ - and download - tcl843-src.zip - tk843-src.zip - Unzip into - dist\tcl8.4.3\ - dist\tk8.4.3\ - respectively. - - Build Tcl first (done here w/ MSVC 6 on Win98SE) + In the dist directory, run + svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl8.4.12 + svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk8.4.12 + svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tix-8.4.0 + + Build Tcl first (done here w/ MSVC 6 on Win2K) --------------- - cd dist\tcl8.4.3\win - run vcvars32.bat [necessary even on Win2K] + cd dist\tcl8.4.12\win + run vcvars32.bat nmake -f makefile.vc - nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcl84 install + nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install XXX Should we compile with OPTS=threads? - XXX Some tests failed in "nmake -f makefile.vc test". - XXX all.tcl: Total 10480 Passed 9743 Skipped 719 Failed 18 - XXX - XXX That was on Win98SE. On Win2K: - XXX all.tcl Total 10480 Passed 9781 Skipped 698 Failed 1 + Optional: run tests, via + nmake -f makefile.vc test + + all.tcl: Total 10835 Passed 10096 Skipped 732 Failed 7 + Sourced 129 Test Files. + Files with failing tests: exec.test expr.test io.test main.test string.test stri + ngObj.test 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\tk8.4.12\win + nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12 + nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install XXX Should we compile with OPTS=threads? @@ -103,96 +100,59 @@ _tkinter XXX failed. It popped up tons of little windows, and did lots of XXX stuff, and nothing blew up. - 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 - for version 1.1.4 from a convenient mirror at: - http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ - Unpack into dist\zlib-1.1.4. - A custom pre-link step in the zlib project settings should manage to - build zlib-1.1.4\zlib.lib by magic before zlib.pyd (or zlib_d.pyd) is - linked in PCbuild\. - However, the zlib project is not smart enough to remove anything under - zlib-1.1.4\ when you do a clean, so if you want to rebuild zlib.lib - you need to clean up zlib-1.1.4\ by hand. + Built Tix + --------- + cd dist\tix-8.4.0\win + nmake -f python.mak + nmake -f python.mak install bz2 Python wrapper for the libbz2 compression library. Homepage http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/ - Download the source tarball, bzip2-1.0.2.tar.gz. - Unpack into dist\bzip2-1.0.2. WARNING: If you're using WinZip, you - must disable its "TAR file smart CR/LF conversion" feature (under - Options -> Configuration -> Miscellaneous -> Other) for the duration. - - A custom pre-link step in the bz2 project settings should manage to - build bzip2-1.0.2\libbz2.lib by magic before bz2.pyd (or bz2_d.pyd) is - linked in PCbuild\. - However, the bz2 project is not smart enough to remove anything under - bzip2-1.0.2\ when you do a clean, so if you want to rebuild bzip2.lib - you need to clean up bzip2-1.0.2\ by hand. - - The build step shouldn't yield any warnings or errors, and should end - by displaying 6 blocks each terminated with - 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). - - All of this managed to build bzip2-1.0.2\libbz2.lib, which the Python + Download the source from the python.org copy into the dist + directory: + + svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/bzip2-1.0.3 + + And requires building bz2 first. + + cd dist\bzip2-1.0.3 + nmake -f makefile.msc + + All of this managed to build bzip2-1.0.3\libbz2.lib, which the Python project links in. _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. - XXX with or without strong cryptography? I picked "without". - - Unpack into - dist\db-4.1.25 - - [If using WinZip to unpack the db-4.1.25.NC distro, that requires - renaming the directory (to remove ".NC") after unpacking. - ] - - Open - dist\db-4.1.25\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 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) -""" - XXX This isn't encouraging, but I don't know what to do about it. + To use the version of bsddb that Python is built with by default, invoke + (in the dist directory) + + svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/db-4.4.20 + + Then open db-4.4.20\build_win32\Berkeley_DB.dsw and build the "db_static" + project for "Release" mode. + + Alternatively, if you want to start with the original sources, + go to Sleepycat's download page: + http://www.sleepycat.com/downloads/releasehistorybdb.html + + and download version 4.4.20. + + With or without strong cryptography? You can choose either with or + without strong cryptography, as per the instructions below. By + default, Python is built and distributed WITHOUT strong crypto. + + Unpack the sources; if you downloaded the non-crypto version, rename + the directory from db-4.4.20.NC to db-4.4.20. + + Now apply any patches that apply to your version. To run extensive tests, pass "-u bsddb" to regrtest.py. test_bsddb3.py is then enabled. Running in verbose mode may be helpful. XXX The test_bsddb3 tests don't always pass, on Windows (according to - XXX me) or on Linux (according to Barry). I had much better luck - XXX on Win2K than on Win98SE. The common failure mode across platforms + XXX me) or on Linux (according to Barry). (I had much better luck + XXX on Win2K than on Win98SE.) The common failure mode across platforms XXX is XXX DBAgainError: (11, 'Resource temporarily unavailable -- unable XXX to join the environment') |