From: Mark Hammond Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 04:04:01 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update information about building bsddb, particularly re with and without X-Git-Tag: v2.4a1~961 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2362da8712f01d6827a33b9891da0050db887bc5;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Update information about building bsddb, particularly re with and without strong crypto. --- diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index 544c5c1416a0..7832cb18bd0f 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -158,20 +158,27 @@ _bsddb Go to Sleepycat's download page: http://www.sleepycat.com/download/ - and download version 4.2.42. The file name is db-4.2.52.NC.zip. - XXX with or without strong cryptography? I picked "without". - - Unpack into - dist\db-4.2.52 - - [If using WinZip to unpack the db-4.2.52.NC distro, that requires - renaming the directory (to remove ".NC") after unpacking. - ] - + and download version 4.2.52. + + With or without strong cryptography? You can choose either with or + without strong cryptography, as per the instructions below. By + default, Python is built and distributed WITHOUT strong crypto + XXX - is the above correct? + + Unpack into the dist\. directory, ensuring you expand with folder names. + + If you downloaded with strong crypto, this will create a dist\db-4.2.52 + directory, and is ready to use. + + If you downloaded WITHOUT strong crypto, this will create a + dist\db-4.2.52.NC directory - this directory should be renamed to + dist\db-4.2.52 before use. + Open dist\db-4.2.52\docs\index.html - and follow the Windows instructions for building the Sleepycat + and follow the "Windows->Building Berkeley DB with Visual C++ .NET" + instructions for building the Sleepycat software. Note that Berkeley_DB.dsw is in the build_win32 subdirectory. Build the Release version ("build_all -- Win32 Release").