On Nov 10, 1:12 pm, "M.-A. Lemburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-11-10 01:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >>> The directions for MinGW were usually only partially correct. So I > >>> went through the two sets of directions I found (links on the site) > >>> and mixed and matched until I got it right. > >>> There are no directions on how to use Visual Studio 2003 that I've > >>> found, just some old free edition. those directions were incompatible > >>> with VS2003. I'll post VS2003's correct usage eventually, but it's > >>> basically just installing it and then using distutils. > >> Getting VS2003 ready to compile Python extensions is really easy: > > >> 1. open a command shell > >> 2. run vcvars32.bat > >> 3. make sure the Python version you are targetting is on the > >> PATH > >> 4. "python setup.py bdist_wininst" or "python setup.py bdist_msi" > >> 5. pick up the installer in the build\ directory. > > > I didn't need to run vcvars32.bat to make mine work. But that's good > > to know...I think. > > >> Note: bdist_msi is only available in Python 2.5 and later. > > >> You need VC6 if you want to compile extensions for Python 1.5-2.3 > >> and VC7.1 for Python 2.4 and later. > > > I was aware of that you needed VC6 for 2.3, but I didn't realize it > > went that far back. And I knew you needed 7.1 for 2.4 and 2.5, but > > I've heard that they're moving to VS2005 soon. > > AFAIK, Martin (who's building the Windows installers for Python) > is going to skip VS2005 and go straight for VS2008, but I may be > wrong. > > > Thanks for the feedback, Marc-Andre! > > You're welcome :-) > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 10 2007)>>> > Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ > >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ > >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611
Is it okay if I take your instructions for VS2003 and use them on my website? I'll modify them slightly, but it'll be mostly the same. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
