Building on win32 via code::blocks (newer SVN revisions) is borked

[mvbarracuda]

The generated _fife.pyd is borked if built on win32 via newer SVN revisions of Code::Blocks. It still worked in March 2009, so we have to investigate if this is simply a Code::Blocks bug that we can't address ourselves.

How to reproduce:

• Make sure you've the latest November 2009 Win32 DevKit? installed
• Use a recent Code::Blocks SVN snapshot from:  http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?board=20.0 and install it according to the guide
• CD into FIFE\trunk\build\win32\build_environments\scons and run cleanup_engine.bat to ensure that no build files from a scons /w mingw build process are left in place
• CD into FIFE\trunk\build\win32 and run update_project_files.bat
• CD into FIFE\trunk\build\win32\build_environments\code_blocks and open fife_engine.cbp via Code::Blocks
• Build the project, _fife.pyd will be successfully generated without any actual build errors

While building itself succeeded, the generated _fife.pyd will be borked. It is way smaller (about 2.8mb vs. 5,6mb via scons while almost the same build flags should be used) than the binary generated via scons.

When you try to run rio de hola with the binary built via Code::Blocks, FIFE will complain:

Full log attached:

[mvbarracuda]

It looks like the problem has vanished if you use:

• The November 2009 Win32 DevKit?
• The Code::Blocks SVN snapshot r5911:  http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,11504.0.html
• The newest MinGW package from tdragon.net:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/tdm-gcc/files/TDM-MinGW%20Installer/1.908.0/tdm-mingw-1.908.0-4.4.1-2.exe/download
• Make sure you install the mingw package into your code::blocks mingw folder!

Therefore I'm closing this ticket again. Feel free to reopen if the problem reoccurs though it's likely to be a code::blocks issue that we can't address directly in this case.