[Python] Re: Building extensions with mingw32 -- bdist_wininst fails.

[Chris Gonnerman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Rushby" <woodsplitter at rocketmail.com>


> I have no trouble doing what you describe (with Python 2.1.3, 2.2.3,
> or 2.3).
>
> The core Pythons I'm using were compiled with MSVC 6 SP5 on Windows
> 2000 SP4, but I can build extension modules and installers just fine
> with MinGW (3.0-rc4).  The only preparatory step was to generate
> libpythonXX.a, as described in the Section 6.2.2 of the standard
> library docs.
>
> Are you sure your compiler setup is correct?  Was the core Python 2.3
> you're using actually built with MSVC 6, as the error message claims?

Well, now I'm not sure.  Is the installer binary from
python.org built with MSVC 6 or something else?

If it is something else, do I have to upgrade my MinGW32 gcc?  It's
currently 2.95.2 I think.

Chris Gonnerman -- chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net
http://newcenturycomputers.net