Explained that you have to checkout the Mac portion of Python in a separate

jackjansen · jackjansen · commit 90cf4917de92 · 2000-02-11T23:14:46.000Z
folder and then move it to the Python hierarchy.
diff --git a/Mac/Demo/building.html b/Mac/Demo/building.html
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ <H1>Building Mac Python from source</H1>
 print it and read it at your leasure. Most things are explained only
 once (and probably in the wrong place:-). <p>
 
+<blockquote>
+First a warning: this information may become outdated if a new CodeWarrior is
+released after MacPython. The 
+<a href="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html">MacPython homepage</a> will
+hopefully have updated instructions in that case.
+</blockquote>
+
 I am very interested in feedback on this document, send your
 comments to the <A
 HREF="http://www.python.org/sigs/pythonmac-sig/">Mac Python Special
@@ -136,6 +143,12 @@ <H2>Setting Up</H2>
 		png
 	gdbm
 	Python
+		Modules
+		...
+		Mac
+			Modules
+			Build
+			...
 	Tcl/Tk Folder
 		tcl8.0
 		tk8.0
@@ -451,17 +464,25 @@ <H2><a name="cvs">Using the CVS source archive</a></H2>
 <code>src</code> folder should be renamed to <code>Python</code>, and
 is what this document refers to as the "toplevel Python folder". <P>
 
-Next, within the toplevel Python folder, you check out the
-mac-specific sources in a Mac folder. The CVS path to use can be found
+Next, <em>in a separate folder</em>, you check out the
+mac-specific sources. You then move the <code>Mac</code> folder from this
+checkout (the only folder with anything in it) to the Python source folder.
+Note that the checking out in a separate folder and moving is necessary,
+due to the way cvs works.
+
+The CVS path to use for the mac stuff can be found
 at the <a href="http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html">MacPython
 homepage</a>. Finally, you check out the external libraries needed in
-the parent of the Python folder. The CVS path for these libraries is
+the parent of the toplevel Python folder. The CVS path for these libraries is
 also mentioned at the MacPython homepage. <p>
 
 Neither of the pages mentioned above contains the passwords for the
 CVS sites, for obvious reasons, but they do contain instructions on
 how to obtain the passwords. <p>
 
+You should end up with a folder structure as described at the top of this
+document. <p>
+
 <H2>Odds and ends</H2>
 
 Some remarks that I could not fit in elsewhere:
