Re: building extensions for Windows Python

2006-10-17 Thread Sybren Stuvel
JW enlightened us with: > Thanks to Michael and Nick, I can now cross-compile my Pyrex > extensions for bog-standard Python 2.5 [...] I can now use Linux to > cross-build my extension for Windows, and my preliminary testing > (under WINE -- See the original post. I must adhere to my > employment c

Re: building extensions for Windows Python

2006-10-17 Thread JW
Thanks to Michael and Nick, I can now cross-compile my Pyrex extensions for bog-standard Python 2.5. As I stumbled around in the dark trying to bump into a solution, I was bolstered by the belief that at least two other people had found the light at the end of the tunnel. I had been using a cruft

Re: building extensions for Windows Python

2006-10-13 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To build an extension that runs on a generic python 2.5 you need a > Windows OS (suprise!) and VS.NET 2003. Some people may have had some > success with MinGW32 (on windows) but it's not going to work > 'out-of-the-box'. Neither of those statemen

Re: building extensions for Windows Python

2006-10-13 Thread Nick Craig-Wood
JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a lousy little Python extension, generated with the generous help > of Pyrex. In Linux, things are simple. I compile the extension, link it > against some C stuff, and *poof*! everything works. ;-) > My employer wants me to create a Windows version of

Re: building extensions for Windows Python

2006-10-13 Thread Michael L Torrie
On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 11:39 -0400, JW wrote: > I have a lousy little Python extension, generated with the generous help > of Pyrex. In Linux, things are simple. I compile the extension, link it > against some C stuff, and *poof*! everything works. > > My employer wants me to create a Windows ver

Re: building extensions for Windows Python

2006-10-13 Thread olsongt
JW wrote: > > My main problem is that I don't really grasp the big picture. Can someone > give me an overview of the requirements to build extensions for Windows > Python, circa 2.5? Or, can I tell my employer she'll just have to > hire/contract a Windows expert to do the mud wrestling? > > Jim