[Image-SIG] Re: Imaging-1.1.4 on Cygwin (Re: Can PIL be installed under Cygwin?)

[Jason Tishler]

SUZUKI Hisao,

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 02:23:54PM +0900, SUZUKI Hisao wrote:
> Three months ago in <mailman.1048868263.30045.python-list at python.org>,
> Jason Tishler <jason at tishler.net> wrote:
> > Did you see the following?
> >     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-05/msg00582.html
> [snip]
> > Use the above URL (possibly modified to deal with the latest Cygwin
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Tcl/Tk package) to build a Cygwin PIL.
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> I am afraid the method described there is too complicated and may
> affect the Cygwin system extensively to build the Imaging library...
> I succeeded in making Imaging-1.1.4 from the source in an easier way
> though it was a bit of quick hack.
> 
> [snip]

AFAICT, Chuck and your procedure (and patch) are essentially the same.
The only extra steps that his one had are:

    1. creating some missing symlinks
    2. rebasing the system to prevent the known Cygwin fork() problem

Step 1 may have been obviated by the newer Cygwin Tcl/Tk packages and
Step 2 is likely necessary with your approach too.

Jason

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