[Distutils] Compiler Incompatibility

[Robert McFadzean]

I have been trying to build MySQLdb for python and A. Dustman has come to the conclusion that the minGW32 compiler that I am using will not work with a Windows ( os is Windows XP) versions of Python and MySQL.  Can anyone here confirm that he is right.  Is there a possible work around?  Dustman suggested that I would have to compile Python and MySQL with the gcc compiler for it to work.

Robert G. McFadzean
Instructor
Vermilion School of Agriculture
Lakeland College
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