[Distutils] Compiler Incompatibility

[Chris Lambacher]

This is not a problem with compiling python extensions, this is a problem
linking to the mysqlclient library.

Check out the comments on this page:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/windows-client-compiling.html

Unfortunately I can't try anything out for you since I don't have a Windows
machine anymore (changed jobs).

-Chris

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 02:24:58PM -0700, Robert McFadzean wrote:
> I have tried a number of the suggestions on getting the minGW32 compiler to build python extensions, but I still get the same hangup which seems to be here:
> 
> d:/mysql/lib/opt\mysqlclient.lib(./release/my_thr_init.obj)(.text[_my_thread_glo
> bal_init]+0x1e):C:\cygwin\home\mys: variable '_iob' can't be auto-imported. Plea
> se read the documentation for ld's --enable-auto-import for details.
> 
> And I don't know what that means other than that it proceeds with a lot of warnings, tries something else, and then gives it up.
> 
> Robert G. McFadzean
> Instructor
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> Lakeland College
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Lambacher [mailto:chris at kateandchris.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 3:14 PM
> To: Robert McFadzean
> Cc: distutils-sig at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Distutils] Compiler Incompatibility
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:59:30AM -0700, Robert McFadzean wrote:
> > 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.
> A quick search finds a plethora of resources for how to use mingw to compile
> python extentions using the standard Windows Python distribution.
> http://www.google.ca/search?q=python+compiler+mingw32&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
> 
> Many of those are out of date and some steps can be skipped and either the
> export file is actually shipped with 2.4 and 2.5 or mingw32-gcc just deals
> with it interally.  I haven't done this in a while, but, I think all you
> really need to do at this point is:
> 
> python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
> python setup.py install
> 
> Note, you can make the '--compiler=mingw32' a default setting by adding
> """
> [build]
> compiler=mingw32
> """
> to c:\Python2x\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg, at which point all you have to do
> is:
> python setup.py install
> 
> I don't know any details particular to building MySQLdb.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> > 
> > Robert G. McFadzean
> > Instructor
> > Vermilion School of Agriculture
> > Lakeland College
> > 5707 47 Ave West
> > Vermilion AB  T9X 1K5
> > Tlf: (780) 853-4890
> > Fax: (780) 853-8704
> > robert.mcfadzean at lakelandc.ab.ca
> > 
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