Re: [pygame] Beginner Question

[Lenard Lindstrom <len-l@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/01/12 01:03 PM, Nick Arnoeyts wrote:
> Btw, a little bit off-topic, but is it possible to build Pygame with 
> MinGW? I'm using the latest GCC 4.6 on Windows, to clarify.
Yes, Pygame builds with MinGW GCC 4.6.1-1. But there are problems with 
the dependency DLLs, specifically smpeg. This is written in C++ and so 
has special startup and shutdown requirements. It either causes Python 
is shut down in an "unusual way" or causes a segfault. Since it is used 
by SDL_mixer for mp3 support, smpeg is kind of indispensable. However, 
you can get an earlier version of the prebuilt dependencies at my Pygame 
page, http://www3.telus.net/len_l/pygame . They were built with GCC 
4.5.0, so I hope they will also work with GCC 4.6 (or we may have a 
problem).

Lenard Lindstrom