(Python newbie) Using XP-SP2/MSVC6: No Python24_d.lib, winzip barfs on Python-2.4.1.tar, cannot download bzip2

[Jaime Wyant]

If you're really desperate, write a python script that changes ->

#include "python.h"

to

#ifdef _DEBUG
 #undef _DEBUG
 #include "python.h"
 #define _DEBUG
#else
 #include "python.h"
#endif

Then run the script each time you generate a new wrapper file and
everything ought to be OK.

jw

On 4/20/05, Bill Davy <Bill at synectixltd.com> wrote:
> Hi Jaime,
> 
> SWIG-1.3.24/Lib/python/python.swg does not have the [#include "python.h"]
> but has lots of Pythonesque includes but all *.swg
> Still, I am hoping I can make MSVC6 do some of the work of putting things in
> the right place for Release and Debug builds.
> 
> Rgds,
>         Bill.
> 
> "Jaime Wyant" <programmer.py at gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<mailman.2108.1113922028.1799.python-list at python.org>...
> I fight the python24_d.lib problem with swig daily.  The way I got
> around it was to modify swig's python configuration module.  Mine was
> located at
> 
> /lib/swig1.3/python/python.swg
> 
> (I'm using cygwin)
> 
> At the top, I changed
> 
> #include "python.h"
> 
> to
> 
> #ifdef _DEBUG
>   #undef _DEBUG
>   #include "python.h"
>   #define _DEBUG
> #else
>   #include "python.h"
> #endif
> 
> Somewhere in the includes, python uses a pragma telling the MSVC
> compiler which library to link the object files against.  Because
> you're building a _DEBUG build, you magically get the python24_d.lib
> library.
> 
> hth,
> jw
> 
> On 4/18/05, Bill Davy <Bill at synectixltd.com> wrote:
> > I downlaoded and installed
> > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/python-2.4.1.msi
> >
> > I'm trying to build an extension using SWIG 1.3.24 and the linker needs
> > python24_d.lib (I do not have the DLL either).  I've not found it in any
> of
> > the
> > downloads.
> >
> > So I tried to download the source to build it myself.  Of
> > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/Python-2.4.1.tar.bz2 and
> > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/Python-2.4.1.tgz, WinZip (9.0 SR1)
> > just says "Error reading header after processing 0 entries".
> >
> > Additionally, I've had no joy downloading the unzipper
> > (ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/bzip2/v102/bzip2-102-x86-win32.exe) from the
> > site cited for the unzipper (http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/).  It
> flashed
> > up a
> > black console window momentarily.
> >
> > Oh, this is sooooo frustrating! :-(
> >
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> >
> > And then I can get to grips with my work.
> >
> > tia
> >     Bill
> >
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