Hi, I'm going to be adding some features for a python-project with external modules written in C. However, if I build modules with my MSVS 2008 compiler (from the Windows SDK), they won't load in Python 2.5.2, which is built with MSVS 2003.
Since I don't have access to MSVS 2003 I need to rebuild Python using MSVS 2008 in order for the binaries to go along. For starters, I cloned the PCbuild8 folder and made whatever changes needed to be able to build the core and executable. I then pulled down all the various external dependencies and made the same adjustments to those. After quite a while I've managed to build everything apart from the PGO config, since it requires a DLL which isn't included in the SDK. Not to worry, I can live with a less than 100% optimized version for now. But, my problem is that the install scripts, i.e. "python setup.py install" wants to go through the build steps again, but since those don't work on Windows, or at least not with my setup, I can't put together a complete package. The web pages have gotten me this far, but there doesn't seem to be anything on how to actually pull together the various bits and bobs into a complete package that I can use in place of my current Python 2.5.2 installation. Apparently someone has done it, since there is an installer to download, but those parts don't seem to be available anywhere. And it's unclear if the Windows installer contains exactly what's in the source package, or if I have to build a bunch of other modules as well in order to be completely replacing my old installation. Actually, I don't need an installer, I just want to know which parts of my 2.5.2 folder that need to go where. Grateful for any help, /axl -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
