native win32 and wine mingw+msys build of python2.7

[lkcl]

BPO	5046
Nosy	@loewis
Files	python-2.7a0-r68884-mingw-msys.patch

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2009-01-24.23:15:05.117>
created_at = <Date 2009-01-24.21:37:50.346>
labels = ['type-feature', 'build']
title = 'native win32 and wine mingw+msys build of python2.7'
updated_at = <Date 2009-01-24.23:15:05.092>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/lkcl'

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components = ['Build']
creation = <Date 2009-01-24.21:37:50.346>
creator = 'lkcl'
dependencies = []
files = ['12849']
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issue_num = 5046
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'rejected'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue5046'
versions = ['Python 2.7']

[lkcl]

this is an update of the mingw+msys port for native win32,
with the aim of being both compiled and used under both
wine-win32 and native-win32.

it is not a cross-compile patch. it does not require -lwine.
it does not require a unix system. it does not require cygwin.
(repeat the previous four sentences for both build _and_ use
of the resultant python.exe). this information is specifically
given and stated [so blandly] because several people have been
extremely confused by what this patch achieves, due to the
tools being utilised to achieve it [wine].

the patch is against svn trunk r68884.

as of 2 hours ago, the following tests failed:
22 tests failed:
test_cmath test_cmd_line_script test_compiler test_ctypes
test_decimal test_distutils test_file test_logging test_mailbox
test_math test_ntpath test_os test_parser test_posixpath test_pwd
test_smtplib test_startfile test_tempfile test_transformer
test_winsound test_zipfile test_zipimport_support

since then, several have been corrected. test_pwd should not be
being tested. several of the tests (test_tempfile) are fails due
to use of native wine msvcrt (it gets better when win32 msvcrt
is used).

this is work-in-progress for those people interested.

builds with --enable-msvcr9build are possible.

incorporation of roumen's cross-compile work is ongoing.

[loewis]

Please don't post work in progress to this bugtracker.