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Document source revision and build provenance of Windows libtommath.dll in Tcl/Tk 9.0.4

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Could the source release/commit and build provenance be documented for the Windows x64 libtommath.dll supplied with CPython's Tcl/Tk 9.0.4 dependency bundle?

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The DLL in both repositories has Git blob ID 856af88d7e51af58d705d9b187a0b151880bafee and size 81,408 bytes. It has no file/product version resource. The dynamic x64 makefile copies that prebuilt DLL instead of compiling the adjacent LibTomMath sources, so the neighboring source changelog does not by itself establish the DLL's source revision.

A pointer to the exact upstream release/commit, build recipe/toolchain, and applicable license/notice would make component attribution and advisory-version matching possible without guessing. If this information already exists, could it be linked alongside the binary dependency records?

This is a provenance/documentation request, not a report of a confirmed vulnerability. I am filing here because the binary-dependency repository has issues disabled.

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Start with the referenced tcl-9.0.4.0/win/makefile.vc and the amd64 libtommath.dll and win64 source paths, then trace how the dynamic x64 build handles the prebuilt DLL. Done means linking the exact upstream source release or commit, documenting the build recipe and toolchain, and recording the applicable license or notice alongside the binary dependency records.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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