> 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.
I spent some time on the python developer's mailing list last night, measuring their pain, following their struggles, while I was waiting for a Ubuntu LTS distro (lucid->precise) upgrade to complete. In my view they are having a miserable time with a number of items. *) distutils is not convenient for cross compiling. It seems a portion of it needs to get built before you can build python modules even in a non-cross environment. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-December/123061.html *) autoconf versions and version dependent artifacts creating repo churn. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-October/122166.html *) binary final product installers. CMake should be like manna from heaven for them. We should feel like a chain saw salesman right after a hurricane, grinning ear to ear. SoftPLC uses CMake for building runtime extensions to our control engine software. From one source directory, you can generate ARMV4T, x86, or ARMV7 binaries using a multi-processor toolchain tree. But the magic is CMake and its support for CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE. Could almost say it is easy. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
