cmake + python 2.7.1 mingw cross compilation worked here too, for some reason 
cmake tried to link 
"dl" and failed, I skipped that manually, and worked :-)

That -ldl failure happened to you too Dick? 

Miguel Angel Ajo
http://www.nbee.es
+34911407752
skype: ajoajoajo

On 16/01/2013, at 19:50, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <[email protected]> wrote:

> This project is full of valuable developers, 
> 
> I really like the cmake / cross compiling idea, that could lead to success 
> and also 
> automated KiCad/Win32 builds at any time …
> 
> I'm going to try it!! (pausing the swig-gsoc2012-doxygen tests, which look 
> good)
> 
> I will also try the cross-path with Wayne instructions when they are 
> available and see where do we get.
> 
> Miguel Angel Ajo
> http://www.nbee.es
> +34911407752
> skype: ajoajoajo
> 
> On 16/01/2013, at 19:31, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/16/2013 11:16 AM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote:
>>> Other option we could have right now is compile out the wxpython support 
>>> and provide
>>> only embedded python scripting + python pcbnew module for windows users.
>>> 
>>> In that case, next functionalities are lost:
>>> 
>>> 1) PyCrust shell inside pcbnew
>>> 2) Ability to create and run own wx-uis in the embedded python scripting.
>>> 
>>> And we keep:
>>> 
>>> 3) pcbnew module for commandline python scripting
>>> 4) embedded pcbnew wizards & plugins
>>> 
>>> Wayne, could you document the steps you followed until now so I can try to 
>>> reproduce it and fight a little bit in this war ?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In a half hour last night, I was able to cross compile python for windows, 
>> on linux, using
>> mingw32.
>> 
>> Just get source to tag v2.7.1 python using hg,  then apply David's cmake 
>> patch.
>> 
>> Build a simple CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE for your linux mingw toolset, and it 
>> built just fine.
>> 
>> CMake, Linux, Mingw, cross-compiling, and money are my answer to any 
>> problems in this topic.
>> 
>> Since they don't exist in sufficient quantity, I am now dropping out of this 
>> topic.
>> 
>> The talk about using microsoft tools getting pulled back into the project 
>> are too painful
>> to even participate in.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 


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