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[07:59:17] <d2m> hi, do you answer any questions about setup.py bdist_egg ?
[08:00:52] <coderanger> If you ask a question, maybe :P
[08:01:44] <d2m> yeah, this time i did the meta-thingy...
[08:02:38] <d2m> i am installing some zope components on windows
[08:03:00] <d2m> some are eggs, some are tar.gz files
[08:03:33] <d2m> the zipped files seem to be converted to eggs during the install
[08:04:16] <d2m> like: Running zope.i18nmessageid-3.4dev-r72562\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\dokume~1\admini~1\lokale~1\temp\easy_install-sxlnjc\zope.i18nmessageid-3.4dev-r72562\egg-dist-tmp-fa-tzl
[08:04:53] <d2m> wich gets me an error: "Setup script exited with error: Python was built with version 7.1 of Visual Studio, and extensions need to be built with the same version of the compiler, but it isn't installed."
[08:05:22] <coderanger> Sounds like you are trying to build a plugin that has a C module in it
[08:05:29] <d2m> correct
[08:05:43] <coderanger> Okay, so install VS.NET
[08:06:02] <d2m> wow, not an option -- is this the only solution ?
[08:06:19] <d2m> i need to report that back to zope community then
[08:06:23] <coderanger> How else would you build it without the compiler ...
[08:06:38] <d2m> you are right
[08:06:46] <coderanger> You could use Cywin
[08:07:04] <d2m> ok, i've seen postings on that topic
[08:07:15] <coderanger> but you would need Python to be built with mingw too
[08:07:31] <coderanger> (which I think the default cygwin python should be)
[08:07:37] <d2m> sure
[08:07:42] <coderanger> Why can't you install VS though?
[08:08:47] <d2m> never tried that, i think i'll just get the documention updated on the topic
[08:08:55] <coderanger> The free version will probably work fine
[08:09:25] <coderanger> I don't really think it is a Zope issue, its just logical
[08:09:38] <d2m> great, thanks for your help !
[08:09:53] <d2m> not a zope problem, just not documented
[08:10:00] <coderanger> Search Visual Studio Express to find the free version
[08:10:08] <coderanger> er, Search for
[08:47:33] <d2m> maybe it is possible to disable the compilation of extension modules when the egg is created ?
[08:49:07] <coderanger> How would that work
[08:49:23] <coderanger> It would be like installing half a piece of software
[08:50:22] <d2m> i have no idea, but i think else you will need to create eggs for each target platform (which i have not seen so far)
[08:54:20] <coderanger> Yes, which is why extension modules are not normally distributed in binary form
[08:54:54] <coderanger> Some people will build them for common platforms (Windows, OS X, Linux i386)
[08:55:09] <coderanger> But mostly its just source
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