From d90761a005b24018ae237bf551515772a1de656f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Skip Montanaro Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:40:52 -0600 Subject: final notes? --- shar/README.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 shar/README.md (limited to 'shar/README.md') diff --git a/shar/README.md b/shar/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a97c8c --- /dev/null +++ b/shar/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Notes on building Python 0.9.1 +============================== + +A note to webmaster@python.org referred us to Guido's 0.9.1 release as +a set of shell archive files posted to alt.sources: + +https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sources/search?q=%22python%200.9.1%22 + +I downloaded them as well as a single patch. I then made a few edits +to get the interpreter to build. The shar files as well as a single +patch file Guido posted are in this directory. Note the missing +part 02. As Guido explained: + +> In case anyone wondered where the real part 02 is, it isn't needed. +> It contained a generated file of 151K that shouldn't be in the +> distribution, and I cancelled it. +> -- +> Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam +> "PS I have never kissed the editor of the Radio Times" + +(I have no idea what is going on in Guido's .sig. You will have to ask +him. ) + +The patch didn't apply for me (structural issues), so I just applied +its edits manually. I then set about getting the interpreter to +compile. That was pretty straightforward. The result is in +compile.patch in this directory. + +-- Skip Montanaro - 2021-02-16 -- cgit v1.2.3