mark hammond nkpmuffqskippinetcomau wrote fyi ive uploaded patch provides crosscompilation windows 32 64 bit platforms comments invited peoples attention id like reraise another issue foresee x64 builds ive mentioned last couple months havent got much response seems like reasonable opportunity try one time currently official way defacto directory structure build tree pcbuild x86 builds pcbuildamd64 x64 platforms believe might cause problems people trying port applications 64bit platforms proposal change subtly pcbuildx86 pcbuildamd64 exist pcbuild always native platform ie pcbuild copy one platform subdirectories rationale fairly simple im quite certain new directory layout break existing native build processes ie arent aware crosscompilation im quite certain mozilla break example crosscompilation process exists aware existing build tools already know pcbuild directory focused almost exclusively towards native compilation tools nonx86 platforms currently broken proposal would help avoid breakage existing build processes tools try natively target x64 give reasonable story build processes explicitly support crosscompilation believe costs fairly small disk space cheap extra complexity vs project files reasonable people think think time take approach silent ascent unless hear objections ill upload new patch implements also takes account distutils builds cheers mark _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 151442 1100 pythondev fw issue2513 64bit cross compilation windows