[PyKDE] Linking of PyQt libraries taknig long time

[Phil Thompson]

codegrunt at rubbercookie.com wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am in the midst of compiling PyQt from source. The compiling works fine,
> but just the linking stage has taken more than an hour now. I would just
> like to double check if this is normal, or whether it is possible that the
> linker is stuck in some busy loop.
> 
> Last message:
> link /NOLOGO /SUBSYSTEM:windows /DLL /OUT:libqtc.pyd @D:\DOCUME~1\KIANWI
> ~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\nma00948.
> Creating library libqtc.lib and object libqtc.exp
> 
> Platform:
> Windows XP
> Visual C++ 6.0 (vanilla, no SPs)
> Qt 3.0.4 Evaluation
> ActivePython 2.2
> sip 3.2.4
> PyQt 3.2.4 (Qt 3.0.4 Windows)

It will get there in the end. As I'm not an expert in the deeper
mysteries of Windows, I'd welcome any suggestions on how to speed this
up, ie. magic linker flags I've missed.

Phil