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diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index 2c820e5..e4cad75 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ Quick Start Guide Building Python using Microsoft Visual C++ ------------------------------------------ -This directory is used to build CPython for Microsoft Windows NT version -6.0 or higher (Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or later) on 32 and 64 +This directory is used to build CPython for Microsoft Windows on 32- and 64- bit platforms. Using this directory requires an installation of -Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (MSVC 14.1) with the *Python workload* and -its optional *Python native development* component selected. (For -command-line builds, Visual Studio 2015 may also be used.) +Microsoft Visual Studio (MSVC) with the *Python workload* and +its optional *Python native development* component selected. Building from the command line is recommended in order to obtain any external dependencies. To build, simply run the "build.bat" script without @@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ pythonw Prompt window pylauncher py.exe, the Python Launcher for Windows, see - http://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#launcher + https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#launcher pywlauncher pyw.exe, a variant of py.exe that doesn't open a Command Prompt window @@ -168,14 +166,14 @@ _bz2 _lzma Python wrapper for version 5.2.2 of the liblzma compression library Homepage: - http://tukaani.org/xz/ + https://tukaani.org/xz/ _ssl Python wrapper for version 1.1.1k of the OpenSSL secure sockets library, which is downloaded from our binaries repository at https://github.com/python/cpython-bin-deps. Homepage: - http://www.openssl.org/ + https://www.openssl.org/ Building OpenSSL requires Perl on your path, and can be performed by running PCbuild\prepare_ssl.bat. This will retrieve the version of @@ -191,14 +189,14 @@ _ssl _sqlite3 Wraps SQLite 3.38.4, which is itself built by sqlite3.vcxproj Homepage: - http://www.sqlite.org/ + https://www.sqlite.org/ _tkinter Wraps version 8.6.6 of the Tk windowing system, which is downloaded from our binaries repository at https://github.com/python/cpython-bin-deps. Homepage: - http://www.tcl.tk/ + https://www.tcl.tk/ Building Tcl and Tk can be performed by running PCbuild\prepare_tcltk.bat. This will retrieve the version of the @@ -257,7 +255,7 @@ It creates the PGI files, runs the unit test suite or PyBench with the PGI python, and finally creates the optimized files. See - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e7k32f4k(VS.140).aspx + https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/profile-guided-optimizations for more on this topic. |