2.3b2 on Windows will ship with Tcl/Tk 8.4.3. Note: this still didn't
fix the hangs on Win98SE when starting IDLE via "python" from a DOS box,
but did appear to make them harder to provoke. I closed that bug report
as being hopeless (and if someone wants to open it again, don't dare
assign it to me again <0.1 wink>).
diff --git a/PCbuild/readme.txt b/PCbuild/readme.txt
index 07f9b2a..5d9dd83 100644
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt
@@ -76,23 +76,23 @@
_tkinter
Python wrapper for the Tk windowing system. Requires building
- Tcl/Tk first. Following are instructions for Tcl/Tk 8.4.1:
+ Tcl/Tk first. Following are instructions for Tcl/Tk 8.4.3:
Get source
----------
Go to
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/
and download
- tcl841-src.zip
- tk841-src.zip
+ tcl843-src.zip
+ tk843-src.zip
Unzip into
- dist\tcl8.4.1\
- dist\tk8.4.1\
+ dist\tcl8.4.3\
+ dist\tk8.4.3\
respectively.
- Build Tcl first (done here w/ MSVC 6 on Win2K; also Win98SE)
+ Build Tcl first (done here w/ MSVC 6 on Win98SE)
---------------
- cd dist\tcl8.4.1\win
+ cd dist\tcl8.4.3\win
run vcvars32.bat [necessary even on Win2K]
nmake -f makefile.vc
nmake -f makefile.vc INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcl84 install
@@ -100,16 +100,19 @@
XXX Should we compile with OPTS=threads?
XXX Some tests failed in "nmake -f makefile.vc test".
+ XXX all.tcl: Total 10480 Passed 9743 Skipped 719 Failed 18
Build Tk
--------
- cd dist\tk8.4.1\win
- nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.1
- nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.1 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcl84 install
+ cd dist\tk8.4.3\win
+ nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.3
+ nmake -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=..\..\tcl8.4.3 INSTALLDIR=..\..\tcl84 install
XXX Should we compile with OPTS=threads?
- XXX Some tests failed in "nmake -f makefile.vc test".
+ XXX I have no idea whether "nmake -f makefile.vc test" passed or
+ XXX failed. It popped up tons of little windows, and did lots of
+ XXX stuff, and nothing blew up.
XXX Our installer copies a lot of stuff out of the Tcl/Tk install
XXX directory. Is all of that really needed for Python use of Tcl/Tk?