To use Pyrex, SWIG and the like on a Win2K I have followed this way: http://jove.prohosting.com/iwave/ipython/pyMinGW.html
I already had MinGW 3.4.2, so I have decompressed the Python 2.4.2 sources, I have merged in the pyMinGW patch, and I have run the global compilation with: make -f python24.mak all It has compiled most things, but not zlibmodule.c It has stopped the compilation with: c:\......\bin\dllwrap.exe: no export definition file provided. Creating one, but that may not be what you want make[1]: Leaving directory `/.../PyminGW/Python-2.4.2/MinGW' make -f zlib.mak make[1]: Entering directory `/.../PyminGW/Python-2.4.2/MinGW' gcc.exe -c ../Modules/zlibmodule.c -o ../Modules/zlibmodule.o -I"../Include" -I"../Pc" -I"../../../d ist/zlib-1.2.3" -Wall -s -DNDEBUG -D_USRDLL -O2 ../Modules/zlibmodule.c:8:18: zlib.h: No such file or directory ../Modules/zlibmodule.c:66: error: syntax error before "z_stream" ... etc etc. Anyway, probably 98% was compiled and this Python works, I have tried the standard tests and most of them pass. Then I have downloaded the pyMinGW Extensions V. 0.0.6.6, so zip and other things now work. The link to the Tcl-Tkinter extension doesn't work (the free site hosting the file doesn't accept this file format anymore), so I cannot use Tkinter. I have decompressed SWIG and put it in a temporary Path. I have then tried a basic SWIG example, (called example) coming from this obsolete but probably still interesting page: http://sebsauvage.net/python/mingw.html But I have had problems durign the module creation: C:\...\PyminGW\Python-2.4.2\MinGW>python setup.py build -cmingw32 running build running build_ext building 'example' extension swigging example.i to example_wrap.c C:\...\PyminGW\swigwin-1.3.28\swig.exe -python -o example_wrap.c example.i creating build creating build\temp.win32-2.4 creating build\temp.win32-2.4\Release C:\......\bin\gcc.exe -mno-cygwin -mdll -O -Wall -Ic:\python24\include -Ic:\pytho n24\PC -c example_wrap.c -o build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\example_wrap.o example_wrap.c: In function `My_variable_set': example_wrap.c:2550: error: `My_variable' undeclared (first use in this function) ... ecc. So I have had 3 problems, maybe some of you can suggest me how to solve some of them. (Can the standard Python site accept to distribuite an installer with MinGW-compiled Python + minGW + SWIG for people using Windows that want such system prebuilt? Maybe me or another person can assemble it). Thank you, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
