Merged revisions 68468-68470 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r68468 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2009-01-10 17:09:43 +0900 | 1 line

  Bump up Tcl/Tk version on VC6. (tcl8.4.12 -> tcl8.5.2, tk8.4.12 -> tk8.5.2, tix8.4.0 -> tix8.4.3)
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  r68469 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2009-01-10 17:12:09 +0900 | 1 line

  Link to debug version of Tcl/Tk when python is built as debug version.
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  r68470 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2009-01-10 18:18:16 +0900 | 1 line

  Added helper script to build Tcl/Tk.
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diff --git a/PC/VC6/readme.txt b/PC/VC6/readme.txt
index b7e8783..5f4b9db 100644
--- a/PC/VC6/readme.txt
+++ b/PC/VC6/readme.txt
@@ -64,18 +64,25 @@
 
 _tkinter
     Python wrapper for the Tk windowing system.  Requires building
-    Tcl/Tk first.  Following are instructions for Tcl/Tk 8.4.12.
+    Tcl/Tk first.  Following are instructions for Tcl/Tk 8.5.2.
 
     Get source
     ----------
     In the dist directory, run
-    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl8.4.12
-    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk8.4.12
-    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tix-8.4.0
+    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tcl-8.5.2.1 tcl8.5.2
+    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tk-8.5.2.0 tk8.5.2
+    svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/tix-8.4.3.1 tix8.4.3
+
+    Debug Build
+    -----------
+    To build debug version, add DEBUG=1 to all nmake call bellow.
 
     Build Tcl first (done here w/ MSVC 6 on Win2K)
     ---------------
-    cd dist\tcl8.4.12\win
+    If your environment doesn't have struct _stat64, you need to apply
+    tcl852.patch in this directory to dist\tcl8.5.2\generic\tcl.h.
+
+    cd dist\tcl8.5.2\win
     run vcvars32.bat
     nmake -f makefile.vc
     nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
@@ -85,16 +92,16 @@
     Optional:  run tests, via
         nmake -f makefile.vc test
 
-        all.tcl:        Total   10835   Passed  10096   Skipped 732     Failed  7
-        Sourced 129 Test Files.
-        Files with failing tests: exec.test expr.test io.test main.test string.test stri
+        all.tcl:        Total   24242   Passed  23358   Skipped 877     Failed  7
+        Sourced 137 Test Files.
+        Files with failing tests: exec.test http.test io.test main.test string.test stri
         ngObj.test
 
     Build Tk
     --------
-    cd dist\tk8.4.12\win
-    nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12
-    nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.12 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
+    cd dist\tk8.5.2\win
+    nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.5.2
+    nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.5.2 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcltk install
 
     XXX Should we compile with OPTS=threads?
 
@@ -102,11 +109,11 @@
     XXX failed.  It popped up tons of little windows, and did lots of
     XXX stuff, and nothing blew up.
 
-   Built Tix
-   ---------
-   cd dist\tix-8.4.0\win
-   nmake -f python.mak
-   nmake -f python.mak install
+    Build Tix
+    ---------
+    cd dist\tix8.4.3\win
+    nmake -f python.mak TCL_MAJOR=8 TCL_MINOR=5 TCL_PATCH=2 MACHINE=IX86 DEBUG=0
+    nmake -f python.mak TCL_MAJOR=8 TCL_MINOR=5 TCL_PATCH=2 MACHINE=IX86 DEBUG=0 INSTALL_DIR=..\..\tcltk install
 
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