On Feb 1, 2:59 am, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've made a similar post on the Cython mailing list, however I think > this is more python-specific. I'm having trouble setting up distutils > to use MinGW instead of Visual Studio when building a module. Even tho > I've just uninstalled VS, and cleared out any leftover VS environment > variables, distutils keeps wanting to use it. > > The steps I took: > > Fresh installation of Python 3.1.1 > Successfully installed MinGW, added to the path variable (gcc in > command prompt works) > Successfully installed Cython, imports from Cython in Python work. > Added a distutils.cfg file in \Python31\Lib\distutils\ directory with: > > [build] > compiler=mingw32 > > (also tried adding [build_ext] compiler=mingw32) > > There's a demo setup.py module that came with Cython, I tried the > following commands: > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > python setup.py build_ext --inplace > > error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat > > > python setup.py build > > error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat > ---------------------------------------------------- > > I'm having the exact same issue with trying to build the Polygon > library via MinGW. In fact, the reason I had installed Visual Studio > in the first place was to be able to build the Polygon library, since > I was having these errors. > > What do I need to do to make distutils/python use MinGW?
Update: I installed and tried building with Python 2.6, it calls MinGW when I have the distutils.cfg file configured properly (same configuration as the Python 3.1.1 one) But why doesn't it work on a fresh Python 3.1.1 installation as well? Is this a bug? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
