Re: How does one build PythonCE?

Christopher,

I'll help you test it out.  Let the list know when it's ready, or you can
email me directly

Joseph Armbruster


On Dec 13, 2007 3:48 PM, Christopher Fairbairn <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri Dec 14  1:47 , Ronald Oussoren <[email protected]> sent:
> >We recently switched to MS Visual Studio 2005 and now I'm wondering
> >how to build a fresh Python binary using that.  I've download the
> >source patches from SF.net and applied those to the head of Python's
> >release25-maint branch.  I then build using 'scons.bat' in the PCbuild/
> >WinCE directory which, after some patching, results in an executable.
> >So far, so good.
>
> I've got some patches to msevc.py so that the build should autodetect the
> presence
> of either EVC or Visual Studio 2005 (or 2008) and configure the build
> process
> correctly. I just haven't had time to tidy them up and publish them. Maybe
> I'll get
> some time over the Christmas break.
>
> Would you be keen of giving these patches a "beta test" on your system
> once I've
> got them ready?
>
> Likewise if you have any patches to allow building against release25-maint
> I'd be
> interested in combining them with my current improvements to the port.
>
> >That doesn't include the sqlite extension though, and when I use
> >'scons.bat cab' I get an error about not finding the sqlite3 header
> >files. The reason for that is obvious, the solution is less so. The
> >build complains because I have to download the sqlite sources and
> >store them somewhere, but I have no idea where they should be stored.
>
> The download of PythonCE source code would have placed the source in a
> directory
> called "Python-2.5". You need to place the sqlite-ce source code in a
> directory
> beside this folder (i.e. the main folder has both a Python-2.5 and Sqlite
> subfolder). The name it should have depends upon the exact version of
> sqlite your
> PythonCE source code has been hardcoded for. For my current branch I need
> to place
> it into a directory called sqlite-source-3.3.5-wince.
>
> The exact path can be determined by opening up the SConstruct file. It
> should have
> a line containing a line like the following:
>
> sqlite_source = '#../../../sqlite-source-3.3.5-wince'
>
> Hope this helps,
> Christopher Fairbairn
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