Hello all, compmgw.py and makemgw.py are Python scripts that ease the compilation of Python extensions on Win32 using the free egcs 1.1.2 compiler on the i386-mingw32 target. compmgw.py processes a Setup file and generates a Makefile that will compile your extension. makemgw.py processes a Setup file but runs the compiler commands itself and bypasses the Makefile. It uses a very simple (and probably inefficient and wrong) dependancy checker to generate the list of commands to run. WARNING: The code in both of these modules is incredibly bad. "hacks upon hacks upon hacks" sums up the state of these scripts pretty well. Do not read them if you have a heart condition. *Please* don't use them for anything else. Instead join the distutils-SIG and work with them to create a general mechanism. Both of these scripts will be dropped unceremoniously once the distutils-SIG gets far enough in its work. The scripts are available separately: * http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/compmgw.py * http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/makemgw.py or together with other tools: * http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/Py-mingw32-tools.zip Robert Kern <P><A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/kernr/mingw32/Notes.html"> Updated compile tools for egcs/mingw32</A> - updated scripts to parse Setup files for compiling on Win32 systems with egcs/mingw32. (27-Jul-99) -- ----------- comp.lang.python.announce (moderated) ---------- Article Submission Address: python-announce@python.org Python Language Home Page: http://www.python.org/ Python Quick Help Index: http://www.python.org/Help.html ------------------------------------------------------------