win32com under Cygwin

[Tom Wiencko]

Heavy sigh.  That is what I was afraid of.

I would love to help out in such a project, but I took a solemn oath
10 years ago to never work with Windows libraries.  I had so hoped that
someone else had already ventured into that valley of death so I would
not have to.

I think I'll figure out another way.  Thanks for the response.

-Tom

Jason Tishler wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:11:25AM -0400, Steve Holden wrote:
> > > Tom Wiencko <tew at wiencko.com> wrote:
> > > > I noticed that the Python distribution with Cygwin does not include
> > > > the win32 extensions.  The only distribution I can find for them is
> > > > a Windows executible, which does not seem to know about Cygwin.
> > > >
> > > > Can these libraries be loaded under Cygwin?
> 
> No (*).
> 
> > > > Do they even work under Cygwin?
> 
> No (*).  They were built against a completely different Python --
> Win32 Python.
> 
> > > > Can somebody point me toward how to load them if it is possible?
> 
> One would have to build them first.  See below...
> 
> > But don't expect a cygwin port to be a simple recompile...
> 
> Agreed...
> 
> Besides converting MSVC workspaces/projects into Makefiles and dealing
> with normal platform porting issues there are also ABI issues that
> will make the porting of win32com even more challenging.  Unless, one
> compiles using the gcc "-fnative-struct" option, it will require source
> level changes to get COM to work.  IIRC, *everything* (e.g., the Cygwin
> DLL, Python, win32com, etc.) must be compiled with "-fnative-struct"
> or nothing.  So, until Cygwin gcc defaults to "-fnative-struct", I think
> this effort may be doomed. :,(
> 
> Nevertheless, I would *love* to be able to use win32com under Cygwin
> Python.  It has been on my list to try since I first got shared extensions
> to work under Cygwin Python.  If anyone would like to collaborate, please
> let me know.  If successful, I would definitely include win32com in the
> standard Cygwin Python package.
> 
> Jason
> 
> (*) Or, at least I doubt it.

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