From dbb8c4123f43ca298e55887a0516fde459583700 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:02:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - update version numbers in file names again, until we have a better way - elaborate instructions for Cygwin support (closes SF #839709) --- Doc/inst/inst.tex | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/inst/inst.tex b/Doc/inst/inst.tex index 0697d05969c..676f8ae2864 100644 --- a/Doc/inst/inst.tex +++ b/Doc/inst/inst.tex @@ -981,15 +981,15 @@ different from the format used by the Python version you can download from the Python or ActiveState Web site. (Python is built with Microsoft Visual \Cpp, which uses COFF as the object file format.) For this reason you have to convert Python's library -\file{python24.lib} into the Borland format. You can do this as +\file{python25.lib} into the Borland format. You can do this as follows: \begin{verbatim} -coff2omf python24.lib python24_bcpp.lib +coff2omf python25.lib python25_bcpp.lib \end{verbatim} The \file{coff2omf} program comes with the Borland compiler. The file -\file{python24.lib} is in the \file{Libs} directory of your Python +\file{python25.lib} is in the \file{Libs} directory of your Python installation. If your extension uses other libraries (zlib,...) you have to convert them too. @@ -1053,17 +1053,23 @@ First you have to create a list of symbols which the Python DLL exports. PExports 0.42h there.) \begin{verbatim} -pexports python24.dll >python24.def +pexports python25.dll >python25.def \end{verbatim} +The location of an installed \file{python25.dll} will depend on the +installation options and the version and language of Windows. In a +``just for me'' installation, it will appear in the root of the +installation directory. In a shared installation, it will be located +in the system directory. + Then you can create from these information an import library for gcc. \begin{verbatim} -dlltool --dllname python24.dll --def python24.def --output-lib libpython24.a +/cygwin/bin/dlltool --dllname python25.dll --def python25.def --output-lib libpython25.a \end{verbatim} The resulting library has to be placed in the same directory as -\file{python24.lib}. (Should be the \file{libs} directory under your +\file{python25.lib}. (Should be the \file{libs} directory under your Python installation directory.) If your extension uses other libraries (zlib,...) you might