Update information about building bsddb, particularly re with and without
strong crypto.
diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index 544c5c1..7832cb1 100644
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -158,20 +158,27 @@
Go to Sleepycat's download page:
http://www.sleepycat.com/download/
- and download version 4.2.42. The file name is db-4.2.52.NC.zip.
- XXX with or without strong cryptography? I picked "without".
-
- Unpack into
- dist\db-4.2.52
-
- [If using WinZip to unpack the db-4.2.52.NC distro, that requires
- renaming the directory (to remove ".NC") after unpacking.
- ]
-
+ and download version 4.2.52.
+
+ With or without strong cryptography? You can choose either with or
+ without strong cryptography, as per the instructions below. By
+ default, Python is built and distributed WITHOUT strong crypto
+ XXX - is the above correct?
+
+ Unpack into the dist\. directory, ensuring you expand with folder names.
+
+ If you downloaded with strong crypto, this will create a dist\db-4.2.52
+ directory, and is ready to use.
+
+ If you downloaded WITHOUT strong crypto, this will create a
+ dist\db-4.2.52.NC directory - this directory should be renamed to
+ dist\db-4.2.52 before use.
+
Open
dist\db-4.2.52\docs\index.html
- and follow the Windows instructions for building the Sleepycat
+ and follow the "Windows->Building Berkeley DB with Visual C++ .NET"
+ instructions for building the Sleepycat
software. Note that Berkeley_DB.dsw is in the build_win32 subdirectory.
Build the Release version ("build_all -- Win32 Release").