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diff --git a/Tools/buildbot/README.tcltk-AMD64 b/Tools/buildbot/README.tcltk-AMD64 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..edc89eb --- /dev/null +++ b/Tools/buildbot/README.tcltk-AMD64 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Comments on building tcl/tk for AMD64 with the MS SDK compiler +============================================================== + +I did have to build tcl/tk manually. + +First, I had to build the nmakehlp.exe helper utility manually by executing + cl nmakehlp.c /link bufferoverflowU.lib +in both the tcl8.4.12\win and tk8.4.12\win directories. + +Second, the AMD64 compiler refuses to compile the file +tcl8.4.12\generic\tclExecute.c because it insists on using intrinsics +for the 'ceil' and 'floor' functions: + + ..\generic\tclExecute.c(394) : error C2099: initializer is not a constant + ..\generic\tclExecute.c(398) : error C2099: initializer is not a constant + +I did comment out these lines; an alternative would have been to use +the /Oi- compiler flag to disable the intrinsic functions. +The commands then used were these: + + svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl8.4.12 + cd tcl8.4.12\win + REM + echo patch the tcl8.4.12\generic\tclExecute.c file + pause + REM + cl nmakehlp.c /link bufferoverflowU.lib + nmake -f makefile.vc MACHINE=AMD64 + nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install + cd ..\.. + svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk8.4.12 + cd tk8.4.12\win + cl nmakehlp.c /link bufferoverflowU.lib + nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12 MACHINE=AMD64 + nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install + cd ..\.. |