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These instructions only apply if you're using a version of Python prior to 2.4.1 with a MinGW prior to 3.0.0 (with binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1).
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This section describes the necessary steps to use Distutils with the GNU C/C++ compilers in their Cygwin and MinGW distributions. [#]_ For a Python interpreter that was built with Cygwin, everything should work without any of these following steps.
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These compilers require some special libraries. This task is more complex than for Borland's C++, because there is no program to convert the library. First you have to create a list of symbols which the Python DLL exports. (You can find a good program for this task at http://www.emmestech.com/software/pexports-0.43/download_pexports.html).
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The location of an installed :file:`python25.dll` will depend on the installation options and the version and language of Windows. In a "just for me" installation, it will appear in the root of the installation directory. In a shared installation, it will be located in the system directory.
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Then you can create from these information an import library for gcc. ::
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/cygwin/bin/dlltool --dllname python25.dll --def python25.def --output-lib libpython25.a
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The resulting library has to be placed in the same directory as :file:`python25.lib`. (Should be the :file:`libs` directory under your Python installation directory.)
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If your extension uses other libraries (zlib,...) you might have to convert them too. The converted files have to reside in the same directories as the normal libraries do.
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