I'm curious - what exactly is the error you are getting? On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe Python 2.6 extensions will compile with MinGW and distutils. I don't > know > enough about manifests to know why they exist, let alone how to use them. > But > building with Msys is another matter. Clearly the necessary manifest files > don't exist in this case. That leaves compiling the Pygame for Python 2.6 > dependencies with Visual Studio 2008, a process that will take > considerable > time to set up, or link them against msvcrt.dll (like Internet Explorer). > > Lenard > > > Quoting Brian Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > dang - I didn't even know they had another new runtime... > > > > according to this post though, this should already be fixed? > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-November/075473.html > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I thought while I had the chance I would try linking the Pygame > > > dependencies against msvcr90.dll using MinGW. It failed. The > msvcr90.dll > > > that Python 2.6 uses is connected to a manifest. I don't know anything > > about > > > them. And neither do the unix build tools ./configure and make. So > when > > > ./configure goes about creating its first little test program the > program > > > fails because Windows prevents msvcr90.dll from loading. No manifest > file. > > > And this is with XP yet. So I am stumped. I am putting this particular > > side > > > excursion on indefinite hold. I just post this as a forewarning about > what > > > lies ahead. > > >
