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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Phillip J. Eby wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Doing the "full dance" allows the above to be done with a short </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> 'setup.py' file that doesn't need to know anything about the specific</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> paths involved.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The only problem I had was with the use of certain .lib files (specifically from a Microsoft compiler). All that was required was to use the reimp tool on the lib files and recompile.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The reimp tool is now part of mingw-utils</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Reimp:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/projects/gnu-win32/software/reimp/" TARGET="_blank">http://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/projects/gnu-win32/software/reimp/</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>MinGW Project page:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&release_id=115457" TARGET="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&release_id=115457</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If you don't have a good reference for recompiling the python dll I found this quite helpful:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://sebsauvage.net/python/mingw.html" TARGET="_blank">http://sebsauvage.net/python/mingw.html</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Cheers,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Grant</FONT>
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