[C++-sig] setup.py denies VS6 installed
David Abrahams
dave at boost-consulting.com
Tue Jul 5 21:45:01 CEST 2005
Gary Robinson <grobinson at goombah.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have installed Visual Studio 6 on my XP box.
>
> I'm trying to build an extension with setup.py.
>
> When I enter
>
> python setup.py build
>
> at the command prompt, it says:
>
> error: Python was built with Version 6 of Visual Studio,
> and extensions need to be built with the same version
> of the compiler, but it isn't installed.
This is a distutils question AFAICT. You should ask the provider of
the specific setup.py script you're invoking.
--
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com
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