[Distutils] Building Python extensions on 64-bit Windows using the SDK compilers

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 24.09.14 08:41, schrieb Paul Moore:
> On 24 September 2014 07:14,  <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>> Zitat von Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Can anyone give me some advice, please? I am trying to build
>>> extensions on Windows 64-bit, using the free Windows SDK compilers.
>>
>> Can you please be more specific? What SDK, and what free compilers?
>> The bug report is about VS Express, not the SDK compilers.
> 
> For Python 2.7, I was using the "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7
> and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1" x64 version. I set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK, and
> got exactly the symptom mentioned in the bug.

So what is the value of your vcvarsall.bat? Why could it not find the
other interesting variables?

If it's really the same issue: does any of the proposed patches help?

Regards,
Martin