I am new to Python and ran into a bizarre build error when trying to compile my installation of PyQt4 which I need to run as it is a dependency to another module. I was using minGW as my compiler and got a difficult and complicated build error, my logs look similar to the one in this post.
However I didn't understand the resolution about remaking Python27_a. Additionally, I am not using a virtual machine. I can provide my logs if that would help but will need quite a bit of time to retrace my steps and recreate them.
Generally I was following this guide (this is another instance of a similar problem) for installing PyQt4 because the installation instructions from the source were not completely clear.
Here is the Module with the dependency: https://github.com/waveform80/compoundpi