Wholly unnecessary flame. (was Re: pyXML!)

[nhv at yahoo.com]

(Kragen Sitaker) wrote:

> I suspect the reason Cygwin isn't being used is that YOU HAVEN'T
PORTED
> PYTHON TO IT, YOU LAZY BUM.  I'd be delighted to have a version of
> Python I could build on the Win32 boxes I must occasionally use
without
> installing VC++.  So get your butt in gear.  :)

Have you tried the following with the CVS python

from a Cygwin bash shell
% cd $PY_SRC
% export EXE='.exe'
% ./configure --without-threads
% make


NHV:/usr/local/src/python/dist/src> ./python
Python 2.0b1 (#65, Sep 21 2000, 08:28:53)
[GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release-2)] on cygwin_98-4.101
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print "Cygwin-g-ing-ly yours"
Cygwin-g-ing-ly yours

Norman Vine


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