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 GNU C / Cygwin / MinGW
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-These instructions only apply if you're using a version of Python prior  to
-2.4.1 with a MinGW prior to 3.0.0 (with binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1).
-
 This section describes the necessary steps to use Distutils with the GNU C/C++
 compilers in their Cygwin and MinGW distributions. [#]_ For a Python interpreter
 that was built with Cygwin, everything should work without any of these
 following steps.
 
+Not all extensions can be built with MinGW or Cygwin, but many can. Most likely
+to not work are extensions that use C++ or depend on Microsoft Visual C
+extensions. 
+
+To let Distutils compile your extension with Cygwin you have to type ::
+
+   python setup.py build --compiler=cygwin
+
+and for Cygwin in no-cygwin mode [#]_ or for MinGW type::
+
+   python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
+
+If you want to use any of these options/compilers as default, you should
+consider to write it in your personal or system-wide configuration file for
+Distutils (see section :ref:`inst-config-files`.)
+
+Older Versions of Python and MinGW
+""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
+
+The following instructions only apply if you're using a version of Python prior  to
+2.4.1 with a MinGW prior to 3.0.0 (with binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1).
+
 These compilers require some special libraries. This task is more complex than
 for Borland's C++, because there is no program to convert the library.  First
 you have to create a list of symbols which the Python DLL exports. (You can find
@@ -967,19 +986,8 @@
 them too. The converted files have to reside in the same directories as the
 normal libraries do.
 
-To let Distutils compile your extension with Cygwin you now have to type ::
 
-   python setup.py build --compiler=cygwin
 
-and for Cygwin in no-cygwin mode [#]_ or for MinGW type::
-
-   python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
-
-If you want to use any of these options/compilers as default, you should
-consider to write it in your personal or system-wide configuration file for
-Distutils (see section :ref:`inst-config-files`.)
-
-
 .. seealso::
 
    `Building Python modules on MS Windows platform with MinGW <http://www.zope.org/Members/als/tips/win32_mingw_modules>`_