Quoting Brian Fisher <
brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> dang - I didn't even know they had another new runtime...
>
> according to this post though, this should already be fixed?
>
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-November/075473.html
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <
len-l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I thought while I had the chance I would try linking the Pygame
> > dependencies against msvcr90.dll using MinGW. It failed. The msvcr90.dll
> > that Python 2.6 uses is connected to a manifest. I don't know anything
> about
> > them. And neither do the unix build tools ./configure and make. So when
> > ./configure goes about creating its first little test program the program
> > fails because Windows prevents msvcr90.dll from loading. No manifest file.
> > And this is with XP yet. So I am stumped. I am putting this particular
> side
> > excursion on indefinite hold. I just post this as a forewarning about what
> > lies ahead.