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Martin v. Löwis 3f50bf652b Drop support for Windows 2000; allow any XP API (but not Vista+). Drop SDK version configuration for Tk compilation, to not bind it to W2k anymore. Binding it to XP would conflict with Tk's own binding of tkMenu to W2k.		2013-01-25 14:06:18 +01:00
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README.tcltk-AMD64	Merged revisions 55962-56019 via svnmerge from	2007-06-18 17:58:50 +00:00
build-amd64.bat	Issue #15171 : Try the HOST_PYTHON hack for 3.2.	2012-06-25 14:57:18 +02:00
build.bat	Drop useenv=true also from the 32-bit build script: It is not necessary and	2012-06-24 22:00:44 +02:00
buildmsi.bat	Update the clean and MSI scripts for VS2010	2012-05-13 22:45:57 -05:00
clean-amd64.bat	Update the clean and MSI scripts for VS2010	2012-05-13 22:45:57 -05:00
clean.bat	merge 3.2	2012-05-14 18:19:16 +02:00
external-amd64.bat	Drop support for Windows 2000; allow any XP API (but not Vista+).	2013-01-25 14:06:18 +01:00
external-common.bat	Fix typo.	2012-05-18 16:42:52 +02:00
external.bat	Drop support for Windows 2000; allow any XP API (but not Vista+).	2013-01-25 14:06:18 +01:00
test-amd64.bat	Allow passing extra testing options to the buildbot test scripts	2012-06-27 17:27:21 +02:00
test.bat	Allow passing extra testing options to the buildbot test scripts	2012-06-27 17:27:21 +02:00

README.tcltk-AMD64

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 ..\..