Re: [Mingw-cross-env-list] package python: compiles on multi-target

[Václav Šmilauer]

> > there is a number of reasons why it might be legitimely 
> > cross-compiled - (a) some programs might only link to python*.dll for 
> > embedding python, not really using the executable (b) some, written 
> > in python (hence using python*.exe), need (cross-)compiled python 
> > modules (that needs a python installation as well).
>
> I haven't looked into it, but in the case of (b) I'm not sure anything 
> but the python headers are required to compile module extensions. 
> These aren't going to be statically linked, the only project I know 
> that does something like that is PyRun [1]. I know I must be missing 
> something ;)
You still need to DLL to do the final link of the compiled module, I 
guess. I need to look at that more closely, because there are two 
pythons involved: host python for modules built using 
distutils/setuptools/distutils2/distribute, and target python for 
headers/DLL for linking. I think distutils handle that, but IIRC it is 
not always without trouble.

My personal intent with MXE+python is to eventually distribute NSIS 
installer for program built from a bunch of python scripts / pure python 
modules / compiled modules using [1]; that looks similar to what PyRun does.

Cheers, Vaclav

[1] https://www.pyinstaller.org/