Trying to build Python

[Jeff Archer]

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 5:15 AM, Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk> wrote:

> On 17/10/2015 17:25, Jeff Archer wrote:
>
>> I am trying to build Python on windows.  I have gotten the source in
>> compressed form, Python-3.5.0.tgz.  Attempting to follow
>> PCBuild\readme.txt
>>
>> Ran the get_externals.bat in the PCBuild folder.  No apparent errors.
>>
>> Trying to build and getting errors:
>> 1>  abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)
>> 1>C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(403,5):
>> warning MSB3073: The command "hg id -b >
>>
>> "C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\obj\\win32_Debug\pythoncore\hgbranch.txt""
>> exited with code 255.
>> 1>  abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)
>> 1>C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(404,5):
>> warning MSB3073: The command "hg id -i >
>>
>> "C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\obj\\win32_Debug\pythoncore\hgversion.txt""
>> exited with code 255.
>> 1>  abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)
>>
>> Seems like this is indicating that I need to get the source from a
>> Mercurial repo to be able to built it.
>>
>> Windows 8.1
>> Visual Studio 2015
>>
>
> Jeff,
>
> I've just tried to reproduce by downloading the .tgz and running "build
> -e" from within PCBuild. It successfully builds a python.exe inside the
> win32/ folder. That project pre-build step (the one which calls hg id) is
> set to continue on failure so you might see a warning (with a somewhat
> scary "abort" prefix), but the build should still complete.
>
> Are you seeing a completed build? Or is it failing altogether?
>
> TJG
>

Thanks for the help, Tim.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I am trying to build debug.
I am running get_externals.bat as a separate step but I can't imagine this
is an issue.  I am mainly do it this way because ultimately I want to
build Debug/Release for 32/64 bit.

cd When I build from batch file these errors turn into
  The system cannot find the path specified.
  The system cannot find the path specified.
  The system cannot find the path specified.
Which is odd since hg is on the Path and I can reproduce the failures when
I run the command directly from the command prompt
C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python_3_5_0\Python-3.5.0\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild>findonpath
hg.exe
C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\hg.exe

C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python_3_5_0\Python-3.5.0\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild>hg id -b
abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)


But I do get the expected binaries, I believe
10/18/2015  11:32 AM            51,200 pythonw_d.exe
10/18/2015  11:32 AM            51,200 python_d.exe
10/18/2015  11:32 AM           463,872 pyw_d.exe
10/18/2015  11:32 AM           462,848 py_d.exe
10/18/2015  11:32 AM            28,160 _freeze_importlib_d.exe
10/18/2015  11:32 AM            26,624 _testembed_d.exe
10/18/2015  11:32 AM         5,603,840 python35_d.dll
10/18/2015  11:32 AM            61,440 python3_d.dll
10/18/2015  11:32 AM           784,384 sqlite3_d.dll
10/18/2015  11:32 AM         2,030,592 tcl86tg.dll
10/18/2015  11:33 AM         1,537,536 tk86tg.dll

Can you confirm that these are the expected binaries and correct file sizes?

Also, I have noticed that a file gets deleted by the build process
Python-3.5.0/Python-3.5.0/externals/openssl-1.0.2d/crypto/buildinf.h
Do you see this also?
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