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diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index 0086238..71e46be 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -1,5 +1,29 @@ -This directory is used by the build procedure for Windows NT. -Read the instructions in ../PC/readme.txt. +Building Python using VC++ 5.x +------------------------------ -Assuming you are using VC++ 5.x, you can simply copy the project files -from ../PC/vc5x/* here and open the pcbuild project. +This directory is used to build Python for Win32 platforms, +e.g. Windows 95, 98 and NT. It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 5.x. +(For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt.) + +Unlike previous versions, there's no longer a need to copy the project +files from the PC/vc5x subdirectory 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 Set Active +Configuration... in the Build menu), and build the projects. + +The proper order to build is + +1) python15 (this builds python15.dll and python15.lib) +2) python (this builds python.exe) +3) the other subprojects + +Some subprojects require that you have distributions of other +software: Tcl/Tk, bsddb and zlib. If you don't have these, you can't +build the corresponding extensions. If you do have them, you may have +to change the project settings to point to the right include files, +libraries etc. + +When using the Debug setting, the output files have a _d added to +their name: python15_d.dll, python_d.exe, parser_d.pyd, and so on. |