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debian: support building a single deb for multiple py3 versions Around transitions from one python minor version to another (such as 3.7 to 3.8), the current packaging can be slightly problematic - it produces a `control` file that requires that the version of `python3` that's installed be exactly the one that was used on the build machine for the `mercurial` package, by containing a line like: Depends: sensible-utils, libc6 (>= 2.14), python3 (<< 3.8), python3 (>= 3.7~), python3:any (>= 3.5~) This is because it "knows" we only built for v3.7, which is the current default on my system. By building the native components for multiple versions, we can make it produce a line like this, which is compatible with 3.7 AND 3.8: Depends: sensible-utils, libc6 (>= 2.14), python3 (<< 3.9), python3 (>= 3.7~), python3:any (>= 3.5~) This isn't *normally* required, so I'm not making it the default. For those that receive their python3 and mercurial packages from their distro, and/or don't have to worry about a situation where the team that manages the python3 installation isn't the same as the team that manages the mercurial installation, this is probably not necessary. I chose the names `DEB_HG_*` because `DEB_*` is passed through `debuild` automatically (otherwise we'd have to explicitly allow the options through, which is a nuisance), and the `HG` part is to make it clear that this isn't a "standard" debian option that other packages might respect. Test Plan: 1. "nothing changed": - built a deb without these changes - built a deb with these changes but everything at the default - used diffoscope to compare, all differences were due to timestamps 2. "explicit is the same as implicit" (single version) - built a deb with everything at the default - built a deb with DEB_HG_PYTHON_VERSIONS=3.7 - used diffoscope to compare, all differences were due to timestamps 3. "explicit is the same as implicit" (multi version) - built a deb with DEB_HG_MULTI_VERSION=1 - built a deb with DEB_HG_PYTHON_VERSIONS=3.7 - used diffoscope to compare, all differences were due to timestamps 4. (single version, 3.7) doesn't work with python3.8 - `/usr/bin/python3.7 /usr/bin/hg debuginstall` works - `/usr/bin/python3.8 /usr/bin/hg debuginstall` crashes 5. (multi version, 3.7 + 3.8) - `/usr/bin/python3.7 /usr/bin/hg debuginstall` works - `/usr/bin/python3.8 /usr/bin/hg debuginstall` works Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8642
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Requirements

Building the Inno installer requires a Windows machine.

The following system dependencies must be installed:

Building

The packaging.py script automates the process of producing an Inno installer. It manages fetching and configuring the non-system dependencies (such as py2exe, gettext, and various Python packages).

The script requires an activated Visual C++ 2008 command prompt. A shortcut to such a prompt was installed with Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7. From your Start Menu, look for Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler Package for Python 2.7 then launch either Visual C++ 2008 32-bit Command Prompt or Visual C++ 2008 64-bit Command Prompt.

From the prompt, change to the Mercurial source directory. e.g. cd c:\src\hg.

Next, invoke packaging.py to produce an Inno installer. You will need to supply the path to the Python interpreter to use.:

$ python3.exe contrib\packaging\packaging.py \
    inno --python c:\python27\python.exe

Note

The script validates that the Visual C++ environment is active and that the architecture of the specified Python interpreter matches the Visual C++ environment and errors if not.

If everything runs as intended, dependencies will be fetched and configured into the build sub-directory, Mercurial will be built, and an installer placed in the dist sub-directory. The final line of output should print the name of the generated installer.

Additional options may be configured. Run packaging.py inno --help to see a list of program flags.

MinGW

It is theoretically possible to generate an installer that uses MinGW. This isn't well tested and packaging.py and may properly support it. See old versions of this file in version control for potentially useful hints as to how to achieve this.