Christopher, I'll help you test it out. Let the list know when it's ready, or you can email me directly
Joseph Armbruster On Dec 13, 2007 3:48 PM, Christopher Fairbairn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri Dec 14 1:47 , Ronald Oussoren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >We recently switched to MS Visual Studio 2005 and now I'm wondering > >how to build a fresh Python binary using that. I've download the > >source patches from SF.net and applied those to the head of Python's > >release25-maint branch. I then build using 'scons.bat' in the PCbuild/ > >WinCE directory which, after some patching, results in an executable. > >So far, so good. > > I've got some patches to msevc.py so that the build should autodetect the > presence > of either EVC or Visual Studio 2005 (or 2008) and configure the build > process > correctly. I just haven't had time to tidy them up and publish them. Maybe > I'll get > some time over the Christmas break. > > Would you be keen of giving these patches a "beta test" on your system > once I've > got them ready? > > Likewise if you have any patches to allow building against release25-maint > I'd be > interested in combining them with my current improvements to the port. > > >That doesn't include the sqlite extension though, and when I use > >'scons.bat cab' I get an error about not finding the sqlite3 header > >files. The reason for that is obvious, the solution is less so. The > >build complains because I have to download the sqlite sources and > >store them somewhere, but I have no idea where they should be stored. > > The download of PythonCE source code would have placed the source in a > directory > called "Python-2.5". You need to place the sqlite-ce source code in a > directory > beside this folder (i.e. the main folder has both a Python-2.5 and Sqlite > subfolder). The name it should have depends upon the exact version of > sqlite your > PythonCE source code has been hardcoded for. For my current branch I need > to place > it into a directory called sqlite-source-3.3.5-wince. > > The exact path can be determined by opening up the SConstruct file. It > should have > a line containing a line like the following: > > sqlite_source = '#../../../sqlite-source-3.3.5-wince' > > Hope this helps, > Christopher Fairbairn > _______________________________________________ > PythonCE mailing list > PythonCE@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonce >
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