[Python-checkins] devguide: Add a paragraph about build deps

[antoine.pitrou]

antoine.pitrou pushed 66f0839c8c83 to devguide:

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/66f0839c8c83
changeset:   131:66f0839c8c83
tag:         tip
user:        Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date:        Tue Jan 18 22:51:50 2011 +0100
summary:
  Add a paragraph about build deps

files:
  setup.rst

diff --git a/setup.rst b/setup.rst
--- a/setup.rst
+++ b/setup.rst
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@
 is if you are taking performance measurements).
 
 
+Build dependencies
+''''''''''''''''''
+
+The core CPython interpreter only needs a C compiler to build itself.
+However, some of the extension modules will need development headers
+for additional libraries (such as the ``zlib`` library for compression).
+Depending on what you intend to work on, you might need to install these
+additional requirements so that the compiled interpreter supports the
+desired features.
+
+
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 ''''
 

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