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Add disclaimer about MinGW compat in distutils docs (#6007). Patch by Chris Lambacher.

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@ -929,15 +929,34 @@ section :ref:`inst-config-files`.)
GNU C / Cygwin / MinGW
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
These instructions only apply if you're using a version of Python prior to
2.4.1 with a MinGW prior to 3.0.0 (with binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1).
This section describes the necessary steps to use Distutils with the GNU C/C++
compilers in their Cygwin and MinGW distributions. [#]_ For a Python interpreter
that was built with Cygwin, everything should work without any of these
following steps.
These compilers require some special libraries. This task is more complex than
Not all extensions can be built with MinGW or Cygwin, but many can. Extensions
most likely to not work are those that use C++ or depend on Microsoft Visual C
extensions.
To let Distutils compile your extension with Cygwin you have to type::
python setup.py build --compiler=cygwin
and for Cygwin in no-cygwin mode [#]_ or for MinGW type::
python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
If you want to use any of these options/compilers as default, you should
consider writing it in your personal or system-wide configuration file for
Distutils (see section :ref:`inst-config-files`.)
Older Versions of Python and MinGW
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The following instructions only apply if you're using a version of Python
inferior to 2.4.1 with a MinGW inferior to 3.0.0 (with
binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1).
These compilers require some special libraries. This task is more complex than
for Borland's C++, because there is no program to convert the library. First
you have to create a list of symbols which the Python DLL exports. (You can find
a good program for this task at
@ -967,18 +986,6 @@ If your extension uses other libraries (zlib,...) you might have to convert
them too. The converted files have to reside in the same directories as the
normal libraries do.
To let Distutils compile your extension with Cygwin you now have to type ::
python setup.py build --compiler=cygwin
and for Cygwin in no-cygwin mode [#]_ or for MinGW type::
python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
If you want to use any of these options/compilers as default, you should
consider to write it in your personal or system-wide configuration file for
Distutils (see section :ref:`inst-config-files`.)
.. seealso::