[Distutils] Re: [4suite] Re: Compiling 4Suite 0.10.2beta on Windows

[Jason Tishler]

Martin,

On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 02:36:52PM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 10:55:03AM +0100, Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> > That's good to hear. So what about using Cygwin to build
> > distutils-made extensions when the Python installation was built with
> > MSVC?
> 
> The most recent Cygwin gcc release (i.e., gcc-2.95.2-7) nows binds
> executables against msvcrt.dll instead of crtdll.dll when the Mingw mode
> (i.e., "-mno-cygwin" option) is specified.  IMO, using Cygwin's gcc in
> Mingw mode to built MSVC Python extensions is now a viable alternative
> to the real Mingw gcc.

I spoke (one day) too soon.  When I was originally writing the above,
I started with phrases like "The next Cygwin gcc release" and "The as
yet unannounced Cygwin gcc release," but I decided to take a chance.
Unfortunately, the Red Hat folks just yanked the Cygwin gcc 2.95.2-7
release yesterday due to other problems.

The current Cygwin gcc release (i.e., 2.95.2-6) still binds against
crtdll.dll.  Sorry, if my post caused any heartaches.

Jason

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