[Python-checkins] r50980 - in python/branches/release24-maint: Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py Misc/NEWS

[martin.v.loewis]

Author: martin.v.loewis
Date: Sun Jul 30 15:31:20 2006
New Revision: 50980

Modified:
   python/branches/release24-maint/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
   python/branches/release24-maint/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Complain about missing VS 2003 in the error message
of msvccompiler, and mention Cygwin as an alternative.
Fixes #1257728.


Modified: python/branches/release24-maint/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release24-maint/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py	(original)
+++ python/branches/release24-maint/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py	Sun Jul 30 15:31:20 2006
@@ -131,8 +131,10 @@
                 self.set_macro("FrameworkSDKDir", net, "sdkinstallroot")
         except KeyError, exc: #
             raise DistutilsPlatformError, \
-                  ("The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before "
-                   "building extensions for Python.")
+                  ("""Python was built with Visual Studio 2003;
+extensions must be built with a compiler than can generate compatible binaries.
+Visual Studio 2003 was not found on this system. If you have Cygwin installed,
+you can try compiling with MingW32, by passing "-c mingw32" to setup.py.""")
 
         p = r"Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\Product"
         for base in HKEYS:

Modified: python/branches/release24-maint/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release24-maint/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/release24-maint/Misc/NEWS	Sun Jul 30 15:31:20 2006
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1257728: Complain about missing VS 2003 in the error message
+  of msvccompiler, and mention Cygwin as an alternative.
+
 - Bug #1002398: The documentation for os.path.sameopenfile now correctly
   refers to file descriptors, not file objects.