sturlamolden escribió: >Julien Fiore wrote: > > >># step A.3 # >>Install Mingw, the gcc compiler for Windows, available at >>http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml. (we downloaded the file >>MinGW-5.0.2.exe and installed only the "base tool" (this includes >>mingw-runtime 3.9, w32api-3.6, binutils 2.15.91 and gcc-core 3.4.2). >>Add Mingw path ("C:\MinGW\bin") to the Windows "Path" environment >>variable. If you already have cygwin installed, add C:\MinGW\bin before >>the Cygwin path. >> >> > > >I don't think this is safe. MinGW links with msvcrt.dll whereas the >main Python distribution links with msvcr71.dll (due to Visual C++ >2003). It is not safe to mix and blend different C runtime libraries. >If you are to build a C extension with MinGW, you also need to build >Python against msvcrt.dll, i.e. you have to use a Python built with >MinGW or Visual C++ 6.0. There other option is to make MinGW link >against msvcr71.dll. I don't know if that is feasible. > > > I use Python 2.4.3 (msvcrt71) and I succesfully installed the last version of binutils, pyrex and MinGW, some weeks ago, using Julien Fiore step-by-step guide, so "my" MinGW is linking with msvcrt71.dll, with the default configuration.
I don't understand why do you say MinGW links with msvcrt.dll... perhaps you've got an older version than the ones Julien posted? Hope it helps, Gonzalo. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
