[issue16780] fail to compile python in msys with mingw

2012-12-25 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: The bug tracker is not a place to get help, but is rather for reporting bugs and proposing patches. We do not currently support msys/mingw. As you have observed, various patches have been proposed; however, in order for any of them to get committed, we need

[issue16780] fail to compile python in msys with mingw

2012-12-25 Thread Lee Long
Lee Long added the comment: I then try compiling the version 2.7.3, different errors were shown while 'make' ./Modules/posixmodule.c:6151:5: warning: implicit declaration of function 'wait'[-Wimplicit-function-declaration] ./Modules/posixmodule.c: In function 'posix_fdopen': ./Modules/pos

[issue16780] fail to compile python in msys with mingw

2012-12-25 Thread Lee Long
New submission from Lee Long: Hi all, For some reason, I have to develop my software with mingw under windows. First of all, I need python installed in the msys but I try all my ways to install 2.6.x, 2.7.x, 3.2.x and 3.3.0, no one succeed. I search all issues and google the related informa