I am trying to build Python on windows. I have gotten the source in compressed form, Python-3.5.0.tgz. Attempting to follow PCBuild\readme.txt
Ran the get_externals.bat in the PCBuild folder. No apparent errors. Trying to build and getting errors: 1> abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found) 1>C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(403,5): warning MSB3073: The command "hg id -b > "C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\obj\\win32_Debug\pythoncore\hgbranch.txt"" exited with code 255. 1> abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found) 1>C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\pythoncore.vcxproj(404,5): warning MSB3073: The command "hg id -i > "C:\Dev.ThirdParty\Python-3.5.0\PCbuild\obj\\win32_Debug\pythoncore\hgversion.txt"" exited with code 255. 1> abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found) Seems like this is indicating that I need to get the source from a Mercurial repo to be able to built it. Windows 8.1 Visual Studio 2015
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