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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst index 58b62f834e..672faee34c 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst @@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ file winds up deep in the "build tree," in a temporary directory created by .. % \longprogramopt{spec-file} option; used in conjunction with .. % \longprogramopt{spec-only}, this gives you an opportunity to customize .. % the \file{.spec} file manually: -.. % +.. % .. % \ begin{verbatim} .. % > python setup.py bdist_rpm --spec-only .. % # ...edit dist/FooBar-1.0.spec .. % > python setup.py bdist_rpm --spec-file=dist/FooBar-1.0.spec .. % \ end{verbatim} -.. % +.. % .. % (Although a better way to do this is probably to override the standard .. % \command{bdist\_rpm} command with one that writes whatever else you want .. % to the \file{.spec} file.) @@ -334,31 +334,31 @@ The installer file will be written to the "distribution directory" --- normally Cross-compiling on Windows ========================== -Starting with Python 2.6, distutils is capable of cross-compiling between -Windows platforms. In practice, this means that with the correct tools +Starting with Python 2.6, distutils is capable of cross-compiling between +Windows platforms. In practice, this means that with the correct tools installed, you can use a 32bit version of Windows to create 64bit extensions and vice-versa. -To build for an alternate platform, specify the :option:`--plat-name` option -to the build command. Valid values are currently 'win32', 'win-amd64' and +To build for an alternate platform, specify the :option:`--plat-name` option +to the build command. Valid values are currently 'win32', 'win-amd64' and 'win-ia64'. For example, on a 32bit version of Windows, you could execute:: python setup.py build --plat-name=win-amd64 -to build a 64bit version of your extension. The Windows Installers also +to build a 64bit version of your extension. The Windows Installers also support this option, so the command:: python setup.py build --plat-name=win-amd64 bdist_wininst would create a 64bit installation executable on your 32bit version of Windows. -To cross-compile, you must download the Python source code and cross-compile +To cross-compile, you must download the Python source code and cross-compile Python itself for the platform you are targetting - it is not possible from a binary installtion of Python (as the .lib etc file for other platforms are -not included.) In practice, this means the user of a 32 bit operating -system will need to use Visual Studio 2008 to open the -:file:`PCBuild/PCbuild.sln` solution in the Python source tree and build the -"x64" configuration of the 'pythoncore' project before cross-compiling +not included.) In practice, this means the user of a 32 bit operating +system will need to use Visual Studio 2008 to open the +:file:`PCBuild/PCbuild.sln` solution in the Python source tree and build the +"x64" configuration of the 'pythoncore' project before cross-compiling extensions is possible. Note that by default, Visual Studio 2008 does not install 64bit compilers or |