Richard Oudkerk added the comment: > What does running 'kill-python before re-building python do? I have not > seen it mentioned in the in the devguide or pcbuild/readme.
It kills any currently running python(_d).exe processes. This is because Windows does not allow program or library files to be removed or overwritten while they are being used, potentially causing compilation failures. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16895> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
