Cleanup Windows C extension build docs.

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behackett 2011-04-07 10:05:16 -07:00
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Building extensions on Windows
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Currently the default "python setup.py tests" only builds extensions on Windows 32 bit only. Also the default option expects Visual Studio 2008. This has been tested with python 2.6 and 2.7
Currently the default `python setup.py test` builds extensions on Windows 32 bit only. The default option expects Visual Studio 2008. This has been tested with Python 2.6 and 2.7. The extensions can be built for Python 2.4 and 2.5 using MinGW32 (See `Doing a Release` above).
1. On your Windows 32 bit machine install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition (or equivalent 2008 edition) in the default location
1. On your Windows 32 bit machine install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition (or equivalent 2008 edition) in the default location.
2. Ensure you have nose installed
2. Ensure you have nose installed.
3. Run python setup.py tests to build the C extensions and run pymongo tests.
3. Run `python setup.py test` to build the C extensions and run pymongo tests.