[Distutils] Problem compiling Extensions on Win32

[Michiel Jan Laurens de Hoon]

G D wrote:

> python setup.py build -cmingw32
> 
> I get a hole bunch of undefined interface type errors (the computer's at home
> so I'm going by memory) similar to __Inf__PyString undefined, and it ends off
> with a line about WinMain at 16 with that setup terminates.

If these are linking errors, the problem might be that you don't have a 
gcc-style Python library. See 
http://bonsai.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~mdehoon/software/python/cygwin.html
for details on how to get one.

> I'm a bit confused, is there something else to compiling under windows I'm
> missing? do I need to be in MSys (I've just been trying from cmd)?

Usually I run this from Cygwin's command prompt (using Windows' Python), which 
works fine.

--Michiel.


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