[issue4431] Distutils MSVC doesn't create manifest file

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[issue4431] Distutils MSVC doesn't create manifest file (with fix)

Pavel Repin added the comment: Marc-Andre, I can also repro this on Vista machine with the same Python & MSVS configuration. This is the build error stemming from missing manifest file (unnecessary details elided; note the absence of /MANIFEST option): C:\src\MySQL-python-1.2.2>python s

[issue4431] Distutils MSVC doesn't create manifest file (with fix)

Pavel Repin added the comment: Hi Marc,I am pretty sure it helped on my particular configuration. I was trying to compile MySQL-python-1.2.2.tar.gz package from source and it was failing in mt.exe step because the manifest file was not there. I didn't do anything special on my machine. I h

[issue4431] Distutils MSVC doesn't create manifest file (with fix)

Pavel Repin added the comment: I'd like to point out that on some configurations (at least mine), you really need to specify /MANIFEST option to the linker, even though MSDN documentation seems to imply that /MANIFEST behavior is ON by default. My config: beta version of Wind