> Now, is it really necessary to install perl in order to compile python?
Yes, if you want OpenSSL support. > Also note that the openssl distribution proposed in PCBuild8/readme.txt: > svn export http://svn.python.org/projects/external/openssl-0.9.8a > does not compile out of the box with vc2005. > The usual _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE macro is missing... What specific problem does that cause? In any case, we will recommend a newer OpenSSL library when the release comes closer. In the meantime, there might be several OpenSSL releases, so if we update the recommendation now, we would have to do so again in six months from now, and not just for OpenSSL, but for all the other libraries. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
