diff --git a/doc/building.html b/doc/building.html index f066c2f1..bc4ce44b 100644 --- a/doc/building.html +++ b/doc/building.html @@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ Windows: c:/Python(10*Version), e.g. c:/Python24
- Unix: /usr/local + *nix/Cygwin: /usr - On Unix, this should be the --prefix= directory used + On *nix, this should be the --prefix= directory used to configure Python when it was built and installed. @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ CYGWIN_PYTHON_[DEBUG_]ROOT - unix-style path containing the include/ directory + *nix-style path containing the include/ directory containing python$(CYGWIN_PYTHON_[DEBUG_]VERSION)/python.h. @@ -223,8 +223,9 @@

Notes for MinGW (and Cygwin with -mno-cygwin) GCC Users

-

You will need to create a MinGW-compatible version of the Python - library; the one shipped with Python will only work with a +

If you are using a version of Python prior to 2.4.1, you will + need to create a MinGW-compatible version of the Python library; + the one shipped with Python will only work with a Microsoft-compatible linker. Follow the instructions in the "Non-Microsoft" section of the "Building Extensions: Tips And Tricks" chapter in The first two variants of the boost_python library are built by default, and are compatible with the default Python distribution. The debug-python variant corresponds to a - specially-built debugging version of Python. On Unix platforms, this + specially-built debugging version of Python. On *nix platforms, this python is built by adding --with-pydebug when configuring the Python build. On Windows, the debugging version of Python is generated by the "Win32 Debug" target of the PCBuild.dsw