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@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +This is an ALPHA release of Python 1.0 for UNIX. Currently it builds +a rather minimal executable and requires that you already have Python +0.9.9 (or at least its library). + +Instructions for building: + +(1) Run the configure shell script: + + ./configure + +This may take a minute or two -- it does a rather thorough +investigation of your system to find out many compile-time flags. It +prints messages but does not ask questions. When finished, it will +create config.status in the current directory, as well as Makefile in +each of the subdirectories Parser, Objects and Python. Note that +unless you have the CC shell environment variable set to the name of +your C compiler, it will attempt to find the GNU C compiler (gcc) and +use it if it finds it. On some systems a broken gcc may be installed; +put CC=cc in the environment to override it. On some systems it may +be interesting to compare both compilers. (Note: the Makefile has +been rigged in such a way that it will run configure if you haven't +done so.) + +(2) Run Make: + + make + +This will recursively run Make in each of the Parser, Objects and +Python subdirectories. In Parser it builds an executable "pgen" and a +library libParser.a. In Objects it builds a library libObjects.a. In +Python it builds a library libPython.a and an executable "python". + +(3) Test the resulting executable: + + Python/python -c 'import testall' + +For now, this will assume that you have a working version of Python +release 0.9.9 installed in /usr/local (it uses the Python library from +/usr/local/lib/python) or that your PYTHONPATH shell environment +variable points to the 0.9.9 Python library. + +(4) Optionally: read Extensions/README and try to build a Python with +all the extensions that make sense on your system. (Note: some +extensions are not supported yet.) + +(5) Give feedback: + + Mail guido@cwi.nl + +Please tell me whether the build succeeded or not. If you needed to +edit *any* file, tell me which file, why and how (send me a diff or a +copy of the modified file if you can). If you get stuck, please send +me the error output. Don't forget to mention the operating system, +compiler and hardware version that you used, e.g. "Solaris 2.2 with +gcc version cygnus-2.0.2 on a dual processor Sparcstation 10" or "IRIX +5.1 with standard cc on an Indigo XS-24 with R4000 CPU". If you can +build the core interpreter but get stuck building an extended version, +let me know which extensions gave problems and how. + +--Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl> +URL: <http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/people/Guido.van.Rossum.html> |