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diff --git a/Doc/install/index.rst b/Doc/install/index.rst index a5d2671f5f..0ad3f52271 100644 --- a/Doc/install/index.rst +++ b/Doc/install/index.rst @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ is pure Python or contains extensions ("non-pure"): +-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-------+ | Unix (non-pure) | :file:`{exec-prefix}/lib/python{X.Y}/site-packages` | :file:`/usr/local/lib/python{X.Y}/site-packages` | \(1) | +-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-------+ -| Windows | :file:`{prefix}` | :file:`C:\\Python` | \(2) | +| Windows | :file:`{prefix}\\Lib\\site-packages` | :file:`C:\\Python{XY}\\Lib\\site-packages` | \(2) | +-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-------+ Notes: @@ -694,6 +694,9 @@ And on Windows, the configuration files are: | local | :file:`setup.cfg` | \(3) | +--------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------+ +On all platforms, the "personal" file can be temporarily disabled by +passing the `--no-user-cfg` option. + Notes: (1) @@ -929,15 +932,34 @@ 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 +989,6 @@ 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:: |