mark hammond nkpmuffqskippinetcomau fyi ive uploaded patch provides crosscompilation windows 32 64 bit platforms comments invited thanks mark original message mark hammond mailtozlvadjbugspythonorg sent sunday 30 march 2008 601 pm nkpmuffquserssourceforgenet subject issue2513 64bit cross compilation windows new submission mark hammond ive taken liberty adding trent christian martin nosy list know actively reluctantly interested patch allows distutils crosscompile windows tested x86 amd64 platforms platforms successfully able natively crosscompile extension modules create binary distributions crosscompile specify platname build command valid values win32 winamd64 winia64 option name chosen consistent bdist_dumb command ive included docs added also patch note native compilation using distutils necessary set environment variables anything else special environment make work patch also adds x64 target bdist_wininst target creates distutilscommandwininst90amd64exe executable necessary even bdist_wininst work natively x64 still included simplicity assist testing ive also added distutils setuppy script pcexample_nt directory capable creating bdist_wininst executables native cross platforms setuppy build platnamewinamd64 bdist_wininst create amd64 installer x86 machine patch tested visual studio environment without crosscompile tools installed obviously fail clear ugly failure text added docsdistutilsbuiltdistrst crosscompiling windows starting python 26 distutils capable crosscompiling windows platforms practice means correct tools installed use 32bit version windows create 64bit extensions viceversa build alternate platform specify optionplatname option build command valid values currently win32 winamd64 winia64 example 32bit version windows could execute python setuppy build platnamewinamd64 build 64bit version extension windows installers also support option command python setuppy build platnamewinamd64 bdist_wininst would create 64bit installation executable 32bit version windows note default visual studio 2008 install 64bit compilers tools may need reexecute visual studio setup process select tools assignee mhammond components distutils files windowscrosscompilepatch keywords 64bit patch messages 64743 nosy trentnelson ctheune loewis mhammond severity normal status open title 64bit cross compilation windows type feature request versions python 26 added file httpbugspythonorgfile9900windowscrosscompilepatch __________________________________ tracker __________________________________ _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 144115 1100 pythondev fw issue2513 64bit cross compilation windows