Moved Jeff Rush's ever expanding comments to os2vacpp/readme.txt.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/PC/readme.txt b/PC/readme.txt
index 0f1066e77e..f5a9fe4752 100644
--- a/PC/readme.txt
+++ b/PC/readme.txt
@@ -193,41 +193,8 @@ wat_dos     A 32-bit extended DOS Python (console-mode) using the
 wat_os2     A 32-bit OS/2 Python (console-mode).

             Sockets are not included.

 

+

 IBM VisualAge C/C++ for OS/2

 ============================

 

-To build Python for OS/2, change into ./os2vacpp and issue an

-'NMAKE' command.  This will build a PyCore15.dll containing the

-set of Python modules listed in config.c and a small Python.exe

-to start the interpreter.

-

-During the build process you will see a couple of harmless warnings:

-

-  From the C Compiler, "No function prototype given for XXX", which

-  comes from the use of K&R parameters within Python for portability.

-

-  From the ILIB librarian, "Module Not Found (XXX)", which comes

-  from its attempt to perform the (-+) operation, which removes and

-  then adds a .OBJ to the library.  The first time a build is done,

-  it obviously cannot remove what is not yet built.

-

-This build includes support for most Python functionality as well

-as TCP/IP sockets.  It omits the Posix ability to 'fork' a process

-but supports threads using OS/2 native capabilities.  I have tried

-to support everything possible, even popen() to run a child process

-and communicate with it via a pipe.

-

-With respect to the environment variables for Python, I use the

-following setup:

-

-    Set PYTHONHOME=E:\Tau\Projects\Python

-    Set PYTHONPATH=.;E:\Tau\Projects\Python\Lib; \

-                     E:\Tau\Projects\Python\Lib\plat-win

-

-If you have questions or problems specifically with the VAC++ port

-of Python, please contact me at:

-

-    Jeff Rush <jrush@summit-research.com>.

-

-I support no other platform but OS/2 (and eventually AmigaDOS).

-

+See os2vacpp/readme.txt.  This platform is supported by Jeff Rush.