PyCrypto builds neither with MSVC nor MinGW

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:42:08 +1100, Alec Taylor wrote:

> A 4 year old compiler?

Compilers aren't like milk. They don't go off after a few weeks. A good 
compiler/operating system combination should still be usable after 4 or 
14 years. The compiler I'm using is six years old, and I expect that it 
will continue to get patches and upgrades without breaking backwards 
compatibility for the next six years.


> I also have MSVC11 installed. Can the python project add support for
> that so that we aren't waiting 5 years between compiler support?

Are you volunteering to provide that support? I'm sure it would be 
appreciated.


P.S. Please don't top-post.


> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:23 AM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de>
> wrote:
>> Am 05.02.2012 15:40, schrieb Alec Taylor:
>>> PIL, PyCrypto and many other modules require a C compiler and linker.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately neither install on my computer, with a PATH with the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC
>>> C:\libraries\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin
>>> C:\libraries\MinGW
>>> C:\Python27\Scripts
>>
>> MSVC 10 is not supported, you need VC 9 (2008).
>>
>> Christian


-- 
Steven