[ python-Bugs-870382 ] Mingw needs to use the same MSVC runtime as Python

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Bugs item #870382, was opened at 2004-01-04 15:55
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Category: Distutils
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Paul Moore (pmoore)
Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: Mingw needs to use the same MSVC runtime as Python

Initial Comment:
Python 2.4 is now built with MSVC 7.1, which uses a 
new MSVC runtime library.

Extension DLLs should be built to use the same runtime 
DLL as Python itself (although it has not been possible 
to find a real-world example where not doing so causes 
a problem...)

The attached patch adds the appropriate -l flag to the 
link, based on the MSVC version reported in sys.version. 
(This has only been tested with a Python built with 
MSVC 7.1, the version number used for MSVC 7.0 is 
based on verbal reports only).

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2004-01-04 16:03

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Could you add some kind of assertion to detect the case that
an entirely different compiler version is used? It would be
best if it gets the case of using MSVC6 right, and gives up
if some other compiler version is detected (I can't
determine os.version for the VC6 case right now, but Python
2.3 is built with it).

Apart from that, the patch looks good.

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