On Feb 1, 8:31 am, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 1, 4:03 am, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Feb 1, 2:59 am, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I've made a similar post on the Cython mailing list, however I think > > > this is more python-specific. I'm having trouble setting up distutils > > > to use MinGW instead of Visual Studio when building a module. Even tho > > > I've just uninstalled VS, and cleared out any leftover VS environment > > > variables, distutils keeps wanting to use it. > > > > The steps I took: > > > > Fresh installation of Python 3.1.1 > > > Successfully installed MinGW, added to the path variable (gcc in > > > command prompt works) > > > Successfully installed Cython, imports from Cython in Python work. > > > Added a distutils.cfg file in \Python31\Lib\distutils\ directory with: > > > > [build] > > > compiler=mingw32 > > > > (also tried adding [build_ext] compiler=mingw32) > > > > There's a demo setup.py module that came with Cython, I tried the > > > following commands: > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > python setup.py build_ext --inplace > > > > error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat > > > > > python setup.py build > > > > error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > I'm having the exact same issue with trying to build the Polygon > > > library via MinGW. In fact, the reason I had installed Visual Studio > > > in the first place was to be able to build the Polygon library, since > > > I was having these errors. > > > > What do I need to do to make distutils/python use MinGW? > > > Update: > > > I installed and tried building with Python 2.6, it calls MinGW when I > > have the distutils.cfg file configured properly (same configuration as > > the Python 3.1.1 one) > > > But why doesn't it work on a fresh Python 3.1.1 installation as well? > > Is this a bug? > > Also tried calling (Python 3.1.1): > > ---------------------------------------------------- > python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32 > > error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat > ---------------------------------------------------- > > I've tried using pexports and the dlltool to build new python31.def > and libpython31.a files, and put them in the libs folder. That didn't > work either. > > I've also tried adding some print statements in the \distutils\dist.py > file, in the parse_config_files() function, just to see if Python > properly parses the config file. And it does, both Python 2.6 and 3.1 > parse the distutils.cfg file properly. Yet something is making python > 3 look for the VS/VC compiler instead of MinGW. I'll keep updating on > any progres..- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
I think this is http://bugs.python.org/issue6377. I applied the patch to my local copy of Python 3.1 and it seems to work. casevh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
