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Building Python using VC++ 6.0 or 5.0
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This directory is used to build Python for Win32 platforms, e.g. Windows
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95, 98 and NT. It requires Microsoft Visual C++ 6.x or 5.x.
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(For other Windows platforms and compilers, see ../PC/readme.txt.)
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All you need to do is open the workspace "pcbuild.dsw" in MSVC++, select
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the Debug or Release setting (using Build -> Set Active Configuration...),
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and build the projects.
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The proper order to build subprojects:
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1) pythoncore (this builds the main Python DLL and library files,
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python21.{dll, lib} in Release mode)
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NOTE: in previous releases, this subproject was
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named after the release number, e.g. python20.
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2) python (this builds the main Python executable,
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python.exe in Release mode)
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3) the other subprojects, as desired or needed (note: you probably don't
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want to build most of the other subprojects, unless you're building an
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entire Python distribution from scratch, or specifically making changes
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to the subsystems they implement; see SUBPROJECTS below)
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When using the Debug setting, the output files have a _d added to
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their name: python21_d.dll, python_d.exe, parser_d.pyd, and so on.
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SUBPROJECTS
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-----------
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These subprojects should build out of the box. Subprojects other than the
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main ones (pythoncore, python, pythonw) generally build a DLL (renamed to
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.pyd) from a specific module so that users don't have to load the code
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supporting that module unless they import the module.
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pythoncore
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.dll and .lib
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python
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.exe
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pythonw
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pythonw.exe, a variant of python.exe that doesn't pop up a DOS box
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_socket
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socketmodule.c
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_sre
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Unicode-aware regular expression engine
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_symtable
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the _symtable module, symtablemodule.c
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_testcapi
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tests of the Python C API, run via Lib/test/test_capi.py, and
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implemented by module Modules/_testcapimodule.c
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mmap
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mmapmodule.c
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parser
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the parser module
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pyexpat
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Python wrapper for accelerated XML parsing, which incorporates stable
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code from the Expat project: http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/
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select
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selectmodule.c
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unicodedata
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large tables of Unicode data
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winreg
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Windows registry API
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winsound
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play sounds (typically .wav files) under Windows
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The following subprojects will generally NOT build out of the box. They
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wrap code Python doesn't control, and you'll need to download the base
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packages first and unpack them into siblings of PCbuilds's parent
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directory; for example, if your PCbuild is .......\dist\src\PCbuild\,
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unpack into new subdirectories of dist\.
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_tkinter
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Python wrapper for the Tk windowing system. Requires tcl832.exe from
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http://dev.scriptics.com/software/tcltk/downloadnow83.html
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Run the installer, forcing installation into dist\Tcl.
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Be sure to install everything, including the Tcl/Tk header files.
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zlib
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Python wrapper for the zlib compression library. Get the source code
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for version 1.1.4 from a convenient mirror at:
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http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
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Unpack into dist\zlib-1.1.4.
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A custom pre-link step in the zlib project settings should manage to
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build zlib-1.1.4\zlib.lib by magic before zlib.pyd (or zlib_d.pyd) is
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linked in PCbuild\.
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However, the zlib project is not smart enough to remove anything under
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zlib-1.1.4\ when you do a clean, so if you want to rebuild zlib.lib
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you need to clean up zlib-1.1.4\ by hand.
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bsddb
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Python wrapper for the BSD database 1.85. Requires db.1.85.win32.zip,
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from the "bsd db" link at
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http://www.nightmare.com/software.html
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Unpack into dist\bsddb.
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You then need to compile it: cd to dist\bsddb\Port\win32, and run
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nmake -f makefile_nt.msc
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This builds bsddb\Port\win32\db.lib, which the MSVC project links in.
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Note that if you're running Win9X, you'll need to run vcvars32.bat
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before running nmake (this batch file is in your MSVC installation).
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TODO: make this work like zlib (in particular, MSVC runs the prelink
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step in an enviroment that already has the correct envars set up).
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NOTE ON CONFIGURATIONS
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Under Build -> Configuration ..., you'll find several Alpha configurations,
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such as "Win32 Alpha Release". These do not refer to alpha versions (as in
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alpha, beta, final), but to the DEC/COMPAQ Alpha processor. Ignore them if
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you're not building on an Alpha box.
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YOUR OWN EXTENSION DLLs
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-----------------------
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If you want to create your own extension module DLL, there's an example
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with easy-to-follow instructions in ../PC/example/; read the file
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readme.txt there first.
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