it looks like there is no compiler on the system. i think cl.exe is part of "visual studio" or somesuch thing. jens On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 10:31 US/Eastern, Adriana Chirita wrote:

Hello I'm running Zope under windows 2000 and I'd like to authenticate users against an LDAP server. So I need python-ldap, but when I try to install it, it bugs... Does someone have an idea? There is the bug trace: D:\Zope2.6.1\bin\lib\python-ldap-2.0.0pre10>python setup.py build running build running build_py warning: build_py: file Lib\ldap\schema.py (for module ldap.schema) not found creating build creating build\lib.win32-2.1 copying Lib\ldap.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1 creating build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap copying Lib\ldap\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap copying Lib\ldap\async.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap copying Lib\ldap\cidict.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap copying Lib\ldap\functions.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap copying Lib\ldap\sasl.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap creating build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap\schema copying Lib\ldap\schema\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap\schema copying Lib\ldap\schema\tokenizer.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap\schema copying Lib\ldap\schema\models.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap\schema copying Lib\ldap\schema\subentry.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap\schema copying Lib\ldap\ldapobject.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap copying Lib\ldap\modlist.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1\ldap copying Lib\ldapurl.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1 copying Lib\ldif.py -> build\lib.win32-2.1 warning: build_py: file Lib\ldap\schema.py (for module ldap.schema) not found running build_ext building '_ldap' extension creating build\temp.win32-2.1 creating build\temp.win32-2.1\Release cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GX -DHAVE_LIBLDAP_R -DHAVE_SASL -DHAVE_TLS -DLDAP MODULE_VERSION=2.0.0pre10 -IModules -I/usr/local/openldap-REL_ENG_2_1/include -I /usr/local/cyrus-sasl/include -ID:\Zope2.6.1\bin\Include /TcModules/LDAPObject.c /Fobuild\temp.win32-2.1\Release\LDAPObject.obj error: command 'cl.exe' failed: No such file or directory

Thanks

You are building a software package from scratch under Windows... IMHO it's a bad idea. You should pick a precompiled package. Gius.