Added notes about setup.py and cygwin build; removed note about

the previous auto-configuring modules feature (already obsolete :-).
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Guido van Rossum 2001-01-23 03:17:00 +00:00
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Build issues
- On Linux (and possibly other Unix platforms), the readline and
_curses modules are automatically configured through
Modules/Setup.config. These, and the bsddb module (which was
already dynamically configured) are now built as shared libraries by
default.
- For Unix (and Unix-compatible) builds, configuration and building of
extension modules is now greatly automated. Rather than having to
edit the Modules/Setup file to indicate which modules should be
built and where their include files and libraries are, a
distutils-based setup.py script now takes care of building most
extension modules. All extension modules built this way are built
as shared libraries. Only a few modules that must be linked
statically are still listed in the Setup file; you won't need to
edit their configuration.
- Python should now build out of the box on Cygwin. If it doesn't,
mail to Jason Tishler (jlt63 at users.sourceforge.net).
- Python now always uses its own (renamed) implementation of getopt()
-- there's too much variation among C library getopt()