[Python-Dev] Python + Visual C++ 8.0?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote:
> I wasn't sure about that. In the transition from VC 6 to VC 7.x we didn't
> have compatibility problems. I was hoping this trend continues ...

That was by pure luck only. Other people did have problems.

> If that's not the case we will need two Python 2.5 installers,
> one compiled with VC 7.1, one with VC 8.0.
> I'll try to build SVN Python with VC 8.0. If that succeeds, is there
> an equivalent of "make install" that will give me a directory structure
> resembling what I get from the binary installer?

You can create an installer yourself, through Tools/msi/msi.py.
There is no "make install" procedure.

Regards,
Martin