Paul Moore wrote: > On 19/01/07, Howard Lightstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am unable to rebuild things using disutils using Visual Studio >> 2005. I get reports of "No compiler found". >> >> Since VC8 is the only thing available in the future (from >> Micro$soft), is there any progress toward updating distuils to >> allow this compiler (and its own locations....) to be supported? >> > > If you want to build extensions with VS 2005, you need to build Python > with that compiler. At present, the Windows binaries of Python are > built with VC 7.1 (VS 2003). Sadly, MS no longer make the free VC 7.1 > compiler ("Toolkit compiler") available, otherwise you could use that > (you may still be able to find it somewhere, or persuade someone to > send you a copy). > > So, unless you're building your own Python executable, you can't use > VS 2005 regardless of distutils support. > > On the other hand, mingw gcc is fully supported, if that's an option for you. > But, IIUC there can still be issues with using gcc for extensions - because you are still using a different CRT layer and this can cause problems.
*If* distutils supported VC8 it would be as effective as using gcc. (?) All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles.shtml > Paul. > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > > _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig