[Distutils] Python 2.3/mingw32

[Cory Dodt]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Cory Dodt wrote:

> What is this, and how can I get rid of it?
>
>> $ python setup.py build -c mingw32
>
> running build
>
>> running build_py
>
> running build_ext
>
>> 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. 
>
>
>
> The above message is generated by the MSVC code, so the only
>
> reason I can see is that your option didn't pass through to
>
> build_ext.

The same thing happens invoking build_ext directly, alas:

$ python setup.py build_ext -c mingw32
running build_ext
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.