Re: [Pypgsql-users] PyPgSQL 2.3 build problems under Windows

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Pinchart, Laurent wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I'm having problems with PyPqSQL 2.3 under Windows. I have PostgreSQL 7.3.2
> installed (in Cygwin), and I'm trying to build PyPgSQL.
> 
> I tried to run setup.py using a Windows version of Python (2.2.2) in a
> Windows command shell. After unpacking PostgreSQL in ../postgresql, it
> failed at the linker stage, complaining about a missing pq.lib.
> 
> I then tried to compile PostgreSQL 7.3.2 (in Cygwin), but no pq.lib is
> generated by the build process.
> 
> I can build PyPgSQL in Cygwin, but I then get a DLL that depends on
> cygwin1.dll. I would like to get the same result as the binary PyPgSQL
> package (libpq.pyd that doesn't depend on Cygwin).
> 
> Thanks in advance for all the help you can provide.

The information you need should be in README.win32 in the pyPgSQL source 
distribution.

If you have any further questions, just ask. I'd be glad if finally I'd 
not be the only one who actually builds on native Windows :-)

-- Gerhard