1993-12-24 11:39:16 +01:00
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This is an ALPHA release of Python 1.0 for UNIX. Currently it builds
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a rather minimal executable and requires that you already have Python
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0.9.9 (or at least its library).
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Instructions for building:
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(1) Run the configure shell script:
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./configure
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This may take a minute or two -- it does a rather thorough
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investigation of your system to find out many compile-time flags. It
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prints messages but does not ask questions. When finished, it will
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create config.status in the current directory, as well as Makefile in
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each of the subdirectories Parser, Objects and Python. Note that
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unless you have the CC shell environment variable set to the name of
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your C compiler, it will attempt to find the GNU C compiler (gcc) and
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use it if it finds it. On some systems a broken gcc may be installed;
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put CC=cc in the environment to override it. On some systems it may
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be interesting to compare both compilers. (Note: the Makefile has
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been rigged in such a way that it will run configure if you haven't
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done so.)
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(2) Run Make:
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make
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1993-12-26 19:24:40 +01:00
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This will recursively run Make in each of the Parser, Grammar, Objects
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and Python subdirectories. In Parser it builds an executable "pgen"
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and a library libParser.a. In Grammar it runs Parser/pgen to generate
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graminit.[ch] which are copied to Includes and Python, respectively.
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In Objects it builds a library libObjects.a. In Python it builds a
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library libPython.a and an executable "python".
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1993-12-24 11:39:16 +01:00
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(3) Test the resulting executable:
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Python/python -c 'import testall'
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For now, this will assume that you have a working version of Python
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release 0.9.9 installed in /usr/local (it uses the Python library from
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/usr/local/lib/python) or that your PYTHONPATH shell environment
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variable points to the 0.9.9 Python library.
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(4) Optionally: read Extensions/README and try to build a Python with
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all the extensions that make sense on your system. (Note: some
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extensions are not supported yet.)
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(5) Give feedback:
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Mail guido@cwi.nl
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Please tell me whether the build succeeded or not. If you needed to
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edit *any* file, tell me which file, why and how (send me a diff or a
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copy of the modified file if you can). If you get stuck, please send
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me the error output. Don't forget to mention the operating system,
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compiler and hardware version that you used, e.g. "Solaris 2.2 with
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gcc version cygnus-2.0.2 on a dual processor Sparcstation 10" or "IRIX
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5.1 with standard cc on an Indigo XS-24 with R4000 CPU". If you can
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build the core interpreter but get stuck building an extended version,
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let me know which extensions gave problems and how.
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--Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl>
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URL: <http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/people/Guido.van.Rossum.html>
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