Pyrex installation on windows XP: step-by-step guide

[sturlamolden]

sturlamolden wrote:

> I don't think this is safe. MinGW links with msvcrt.dll whereas the
> main Python distribution links with msvcr71.dll (due to Visual C++
> 2003).

In order to make minGW link with msvcr71.dll, edit the text file

c:\mingw\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.2.4\specs

and change "-lmsvcrt" to "-lmsvcr71".

Now MinGW will link with the same CRT as Python 2.4.