Commit 3cc7e4d0 authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Update list of extension modules that may be interesting to enable on

most modern Unix flavors.

The age of this portion of the README was noted in SourceForge bug #115625.
parent 8179a9de
...@@ -459,11 +459,12 @@ next time you run make in the toplevel directory. (When working ...@@ -459,11 +459,12 @@ next time you run make in the toplevel directory. (When working
inside the Modules directory, use "make Makefile; make".) inside the Modules directory, use "make Makefile; make".)
The default collection of modules should build on any Unix system, but The default collection of modules should build on any Unix system, but
many optional modules should work on all modern Unices (e.g. try dbm, many optional modules should work on all modern Unices (e.g. try
nis, termios, timing, syslog, curses, new, soundex, parser). Often audioop, imageop, crypt, dbm, gdbm, nis, resource, termios, timing,
the quickest way to determine whether a particular module works or not syslog, _curses, pyexpat, readline, rgbimg, zlib). Often the quickest
is to see if it will build: enable it in Setup, then if you get way to determine whether a particular module works or not is to see if
compilation or link errors, disable it -- you're missing support. it will build: enable it in Setup, then if you get compilation or link
errors, disable it -- you're missing support.
On SGI IRIX, there are modules that interface to many SGI specific On SGI IRIX, there are modules that interface to many SGI specific
system libraries, e.g. the GL library and the audio hardware. system libraries, e.g. the GL library and the audio hardware.
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