text_combined: mark hammond nkpmuffqskippinetcomau think fine dont really notion compiling native platform build machines architecture factored equation actually think slightly iiuc amd64 build currently assumes execute x86 executables various places fix build process platforms would slightly different proposal would allow eg pcbuildpythonexe pcbuildmake_versioninfoexe specified build processes knowledge work regardless platform run example idea could write code exe ospathjoinosgetenvpython_home pcbuild pythonexe popenexe expect work platforms understand correctly need write something like amd64 sysplatform exe ospathjoinosgetenvpython_home pcbuild amd64 pythonexe else 32 bit sysplatform exe ospathjoinosgetenvpython_home pcbuild pythonexe else hrm obviously dont know new platforms yet popenexe words think real advantage simple scripts knowing python pcbuildpythonexe always executable always give native version platform emulation accept im waving appendages wind without concrete usecase take martins advice let go cheers mark _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 171407 1100 pythondev distutils fw issue2513 64bit cross compilation windows