Compiling on Alpha-Win2K/WinNT (Python 1.5.2)

[Dale Nagata]

tmick at mail.com wrote:
> 
> I am trying to compile Python 1.5.2 (as extracted from py152.tgz on
> www.python.org) for Win2000 on an Alpha. Has anyone done this? I
> presume that it should be similar to compiling for Alpha/WinNT.
> 
[snip]
> 
> I do not know of a file called "fpu.h" and cannot find one on my system.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> 

There are some bugs compiling Python on NT Alpha.
It correctly detects the processor type from a predefined macro,
but assumes it's Digital UNIX, not NT, so it tries to pull in the
wrong header.

I was able to build all of Python 1.5.2 plus (most of) the Win32
Extensions (Build 125) plus Sam Rushing's windll module on NT 4.0 Alpha
with Visual C++ 5.0. I haven't tried running it on W2K.

I submitted the Python 1.5.2 fixes for NT Alpha awhile ago, but never
heard that they got officially rolled into the standard codebase.

Email me if you want the fixes.


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