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Re: [64bit] python3 vs. threads
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:54:31 +0200
- Subject: Re: [64bit] python3 vs. threads
- References: <51AD6D64 dot 6040502 at users dot sourceforge dot net> <20130607230754 dot GB5500 at tishler dot net> <20130610083222 dot GB28431 at calimero dot vinschen dot de>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Jun 10 10:32, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> On Jun 7 19:07, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > Yaakov,
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 11:30:28PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> > > As part of the 64bit bootstrap process, I packaged python3, but had
> > > to configure it --without-threads due to a runtime error. However,
> > > I am finding now that this is not a regularly used configuration;
> > > several major Python modules use PyGILState_*() APIs
> > > unconditionally, which aren't exported when so configured. Are you
> > > able to take a look at the runtime failure and track it down?
> >
> > Unfortunately, I don't have access to 64-bit Windows.
>
> You can download a Windows 2012 Evaluation ISO for free from the MSDN
> homepage:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh708764.aspx
>
> Windows 2012 is always 64 bit, and the evaluation versions works for
> 180 days for, well, evaluation. It runs fine in VMs.
>
> Does that help?
There's also a shorter running (90 days) evaluation version of Windows 8
available, btw:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx
but usually it's enough to check on the server system. The differences
between client and server usually(*) don't affect Cygwin.
Corinna
(*) Except they did when Vista was new. Some difference in exception
handling on 32 bit foiled Cygwin's exception handling on 2008, but
not on Vista. But that's the only one I remember.
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