Update PCbuild/readme.txt (merge from 3.5)

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Zachary Ware 2015-09-08 01:12:56 -05:00
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@ -41,15 +41,14 @@ The solution currently supports two platforms. The Win32 platform is
used to build standard x86-compatible 32-bit binaries, output into the
win32 sub-directory. The x64 platform is used for building 64-bit AMD64
(aka x86_64 or EM64T) binaries, output into the amd64 sub-directory.
The Itanium (IA-64) platform is no longer supported. See the "Building
for AMD64" section below for more information about 64-bit builds.
The Itanium (IA-64) platform is no longer supported.
Four configuration options are supported by the solution:
Debug
Used to build Python with extra debugging capabilities, equivalent
to using ./configure --with-pydebug on UNIX. All binaries built
using this configuration have "_d" added to their name:
python35_d.dll, python_d.exe, parser_d.pyd, and so on. Both the
python36_d.dll, python_d.exe, parser_d.pyd, and so on. Both the
build and rt (run test) batch files in this directory accept a -d
option for debug builds. If you are building Python to help with
development of CPython, you will most likely use this configuration.
@ -76,29 +75,7 @@ officially supported.
By default, build.bat will build Python in Release configuration for
the 32-bit Win32 platform. It accepts several arguments to change
this behavior:
-c <configuration> Set the configuration (see above)
-d Shortcut for "-c Debug"
-p <platform> Set the platform to build for ("Win32" or "x64")
-r Rebuild instead of just building
-t <target> Set the target (Build, Rebuild, Clean or CleanAll)
-e Use get_externals.bat to fetch external sources
-M Don't build in parallel
-v Increased output messages
Up to 9 MSBuild switches can also be passed, though they must be passed
after specifying any of the above switches. For example, use:
build.bat -e -d /fl
to do a debug build with externals fetched as needed and write detailed
build logs to a file. If the MSBuild switch requires an equal sign
("="), the entire switch must be quoted:
build.bat -e -d "/p:ExternalsDir=P:\cpython-externals"
There may also be other situations where quotes are necessary.
this behavior, try `build.bat -h` to learn more.
C Runtime
@ -129,8 +106,6 @@ pythoncore
.dll and .lib
python
.exe
make_buildinfo, make_versioninfo
helpers to provide necessary information to the build process
These sub-projects provide extra executables that are useful for running
CPython in different ways:
@ -152,9 +127,6 @@ categories:
_freeze_importlib
_freeze_importlib.exe, used to regenerate Python\importlib.h after
changes have been made to Lib\importlib\_bootstrap.py
bdist_wininst
..\Lib\distutils\command\wininst-14.0[-amd64].exe, the base
executable used by the distutils bdist_wininst command
python3dll
python3.dll, the PEP 384 Stable ABI dll
xxlimited
@ -274,14 +246,8 @@ as the values of certain properties in order for the build solution to
find them. This is an advanced topic and not necessarily fully
supported.
Building for AMD64
------------------
The build process for AMD64 / x64 is very similar to standard builds,
you just have to set x64 as platform. In addition, the HOST_PYTHON
environment variable must point to a Python interpreter (at least 2.4),
to support cross-compilation from Win32.
The get_externals.bat script is called automatically by build.bat when
you pass the '-e' option to it.
Profile Guided Optimization
@ -298,7 +264,7 @@ It creates the PGI files, runs the unit test suite or PyBench with the
PGI python, and finally creates the optimized files.
See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e7k32f4k(VS.100).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e7k32f4k(VS.140).aspx
for more on this topic.