From 875ef4c70a51a36c6b0a3eefe1dfa2ccd49bbf08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zachary Ware Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 01:12:00 -0500 Subject: Update PCbuild/readme.txt --- PCbuild/readme.txt | 44 +++++--------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) (limited to 'PCbuild/readme.txt') diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt index 51164e23d0..7e7ab6424b 100644 --- a/PCbuild/readme.txt +++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ 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 @@ -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 Set the configuration (see above) - -d Shortcut for "-c Debug" - -p Set the platform to build for ("Win32" or "x64") - -r Rebuild instead of just building - -t 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. -- cgit v1.2.1