Re: [Python-Dev] compile extensions under Windows Vista and VS8

2007-10-19 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Does anyone know, why setuptools cannot find VS8? Python 2.5 does not support being built with VS8, and distutils "knows" that. The official compiler to build Python 2.5 is VS 7.1. There are environment variables to tell distutils otherwise; see the documentation or the source for details. Thi

[Python-Dev] compile extensions under Windows Vista and VS8

2007-10-19 Thread Sebastian Wehrmann
Hi all, I've got a tricky problem with a self-compiled python2.4.4 under Windows Vista. I compiled with Visual Studio 8 Standard (.NET 2005). Python greets with the right header: Python 2.4.4 (#71, Oct 19 2007, 18:49:44) [MSC v.1400 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 I started the Visual Studio Sh