[ python-Bugs-1425482 ] msvccompiler.py modified to work with .NET 2005 on win64

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Bugs item #1425482, was opened at 2006-02-06 19:28
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Category: Build
Group: Platform-specific
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 5
Submitted By: beaudrym (beaudrym)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: msvccompiler.py modified to work with .NET 2005 on win64

Initial Comment:
Hi,

I tried to compile and install pywin32 (python 
extension) using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005.  
This was done on a AMD64 platform which had Python 
2.4.2.10 installed (from www.activestate.com).

When I try to compile pywin32, it uses the file 
msvccompiler.py that comes with python.  For the 
compilation to work, I had to modify 
msvccompiler.py.  I attached a patch file of my 
modifications.  Basically, I had to modify two things:

1 - use .NET framework 2.0 when 1.1 is not found.
2 - use environment variables "path", "lib" 
and "included" already defined in console when 
compiling with Visual Studio 8.0.  See comments in 
patch file for more details.

Let me know if these patches look reasonable to you.

Regards,
Maxime

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2006-02-08 20:36

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Please report this to ActiveState - currently, there is not
a supported AMD64 distribution from python.org. If it ever
is, it is likely that your patch will be incorrect: I'm
currently planning to use the Platform SDK compiler for
AMD64 binaries, instead of VS2005.

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