... I know this is a horrible place to complain... but why on earth do python devs use the versions of Visual Studio that most other people skip (2003 & 2008) and skipping the ones that most people use? (6.0 & 2005)
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought while I had the chance I would try linking the Pygame > dependencies against msvcr90.dll using MinGW. It failed. The msvcr90.dll > that Python 2.6 uses is connected to a manifest. I don't know anything about > them. And neither do the unix build tools ./configure and make. So when > ./configure goes about creating its first little test program the program > fails because Windows prevents msvcr90.dll from loading. No manifest file. > And this is with XP yet. So I am stumped. I am putting this particular side > excursion on indefinite hold. I just post this as a forewarning about what > lies ahead. > > -- > Lenard Lindstrom > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
