Thanks Nick, It seems that xmingw package in gentoo is the same as the mingw on debian, from the directory structure and executables you mention.
I'll give it a try and if works with f2py, I'll post a complete tutorial after I am done for other people to follow. Thanks a lot. Nick Craig-Wood wrote: > Flavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > has anyone tried to build extensions for win32 on Linux using > > xmingw? > > I don't know about xmingw, but we use mingw on linux to compile stuff > for windows all the time. (We use the mingw package under debian) > > We build extensions using mingw but linked to the link library of the > official python2.4 build. > > Here are some instructions which you'll need to adapt to your setup > > /misc/windows is a smb mounted windows machine > > # Linking with the distributed python > # > # http://bonsai.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~mdehoon/software/python/cygwin.html > # > # On a windows machine > # install the latest windows python (2.4.3.msi) from www.python.org > # Copy the header files into the mingw installation > cp -av /misc/windows/Python24/include /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/include/python2.4 > # Download pexports from here > # > http://www.emmestech.com/software/cygwin/pexports-0.43/download_pexports.html > # unpack pexports.exe > unzip pexports-0.43.zip > # Fetch python dll from the windows machine > cp -av /misc/windows/WINNT/system32/python24.dll . > # Extract the exported symbols > wine pexports python24.dll > python24.def > # Create the link library > /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin/dlltool --dllname python24.dll --def python24.def > --output-lib libpython2.4.a > # Move the files into the correct place > mv -i python24.dll python24.def libpython2.4.a /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib/ > > After that lot you can build python extensions with mingw under linux, > using -lpython2.4 > > -- > Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
