[pyOpenSSL] Trying to build pyOpenSSL on windows (mingw vs MS compiler).

[patrick f. <pa...@we...>]

OK - I've got it build and installed.

The library you need (and that I didn't have) is: ssleay32.a.  There's a 
MINGW subdirectory in the 32-bit
version of the OpenSSL kit here:

http://www.slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html

_But the same library_ is not to be found in the 64 bit version.  I have 
a 64-bit machine and so first downloaded
the 64 bit version.  Eventually tried downloading the 32 bit version and 
found what I needed.

You put this into c:\pythonXX\libs.  The current setup.py expects this 
in c:\python25, but I have 2.6 so I needed
to modify the reference in setup.py appropriately.

build_ext then fully works and makes three .pyd files (dynamically 
loadable python modules/libraries I believe).

python setup.py build   (without the ext) then works.

And python install also works.

So then I turned my attention to the example programs.  I try to run the 
one to make the certificates and it crashes
upon startup because it can't import module tsafe.  tsafe = thread safe.

So where do I find this?  Am again looking around the web, but, so far, 
no joy.

pat