[python-win32] Can Win32 python load Cygwin-compiled DLLs?

[Richard W.M. Jones]

I'm trying to seek a definitive answer to the question: Can Win32 python 
load Cygwin-compiled DLLs?

We have a C library (http://libvirt.org/) which has Python bindings. 
Because the library relies on a lot of POSIX stuff we have only got so 
far as to compile it under Cygwin.  Using the Cygwin version of Python I 
can import the library fine.

Now for various reasons[*] I want to take the library (cygvirt.dll) and 
Python bindings (cygvirtmod.dll) and load them into the native Win32 
python.  I discovered from the FAQ that cygvirtmod.dll had to be renamed 
to cygvirtmod.pyd.  However when Win32 python tries to 'import 
cygvirtmod' it just hangs (no CPU, but cannot be killed with ^C).  There 
is no error message.

Is this something that just fundamentally cannot be done, or is there 
something I can do to fix this?

Rich.

[*] 'Various reasons' being I want to use PyGTK without requiring an X 
server.

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