Unable to link against python with m2w64-toolchain

### Solution to issue cannot be found in the documentation.

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### Issue

I am unable to link against python with the m2w64-toolchain if I use the latest libpython (2.3). Reverting to libpython 2.2 fixes this issue. However, that only support python <= 3.12.

From the comments under https://github.com/conda-forge/libpython-feedstock/pull/16 I gather that the import libraries were removed when libpython was updated to 2.3, with the note that "We don't need this package anymore." Does that mean that using m2w64-toolchain to build python-dependent code is no longer supported from python 3.13 upward? I appreciate that m2w64-toolchain is old and the new UCRT-based toolchain would be preferable here, but we are unable to use that currently due to a dependence on msmpi, which [does not support the UCRT toolchain yet](https://github.com/conda-forge/msmpi-feedstock/pull/21).

### Installed packages

```shell
# packages in environment at C:\Miniconda\envs\eat:
#
# Name Version Build Channel
_python_abi3_support 1.0 hd8ed1ab_2 conda-forge
anyio 4.10.0 pyhe01879c_0 conda-forge
argon2-cffi 25.1.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
argon2-cffi-bindings 25.1.0 py313h5ea7bf4_0 conda-forge
arrow 1.3.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
asttokens 3.0.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
async-lru 2.0.5 pyh29332c3_0 conda-forge
attrs 25.3.0 pyh71513ae_0 conda-forge
babel 2.17.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
beautifulsoup4 4.13.5 pyha770c72_0 conda-forge
blas 2.135 blis conda-forge
blas-devel 3.9.0 35_hf291db7_blis conda-forge
bleach 6.2.0 pyh29332c3_4 conda-forge
bleach-with-css 6.2.0 h82add2a_4 conda-forge
blis 0.9.0 h2466b09_2 conda-forge
blosc 1.21.6 hfd34d9b_1 conda-forge
brotli 1.1.0 hfd05255_4 conda-forge
brotli-bin 1.1.0 hfd05255_4 conda-forge
brotli-python 1.1.0 py313hfe59770_4 conda-forge
bzip2 1.0.8 h2466b09_7 conda-forge
ca-certificates 2025.8.3 h4c7d964_0 conda-forge
cached-property 1.5.2 hd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
cached_property 1.5.2 pyha770c72_1 conda-forge
cairo 1.18.4 h5782bbf_0 conda-forge
certifi 2025.8.3 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
cffi 1.17.1 py313h5ea7bf4_1 conda-forge
cftime 1.6.4 py313h0591002_2 conda-forge
charset-normalizer 3.4.3 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
clang 19.1.7 default_hac490eb_4 conda-forge
clang-19 19.1.7 default_hac490eb_4 conda-forge
cmake 4.1.1 hdcbee5b_0 conda-forge
colorama 0.4.6 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
comm 0.2.3 pyhe01879c_0 conda-forge
compiler-rt 19.1.7 hc790b64_0 conda-forge
compiler-rt_win-64 19.1.7 hc790b64_0 conda-forge
contourpy 1.3.3 py313hf069bd2_2 conda-forge
cpython 3.13.7 py313hd8ed1ab_100 conda-forge
cycler 0.12.1 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
cython 3.1.3 py313hb1c8229_2 conda-forge
debugpy 1.8.16 py313h927ade5_1 conda-forge
decorator 5.2.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
defusedxml 0.7.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
distutils-activate-mingw 2.3 py313hfa70ccb_5 conda-forge
double-conversion 3.3.1 he0c23c2_0 conda-forge
exceptiongroup 1.3.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
executing 2.2.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
flang 19.1.7 hbeecb71_0 conda-forge
flang_impl_win-64 19.1.7 h719f0c7_0 conda-forge
flang_win-64 19.1.7 h719f0c7_0 conda-forge
font-ttf-dejavu-sans-mono 2.37 hab24e00_0 conda-forge
font-ttf-inconsolata 3.000 h77eed37_0 conda-forge
font-ttf-source-code-pro 2.038 h77eed37_0 conda-forge
font-ttf-ubuntu 0.83 h77eed37_3 conda-forge
fontconfig 2.15.0 h765892d_1 conda-forge
fonts-conda-ecosystem 1 0 conda-forge
fonts-conda-forge 1 0 conda-forge
fonttools 4.59.2 py313hd650c13_0 conda-forge
fortran-compiler 1.11.0 h95e3450_0 conda-forge
fqdn 1.5.1 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
freetype 2.13.3 h57928b3_1 conda-forge
glib 2.84.3 h36503ca_0 conda-forge
glib-tools 2.84.3 he647baa_0 conda-forge
graphite2 1.3.14 hac47afa_2 conda-forge
gsl 2.7 hdfb1a43_0 conda-forge
gst-plugins-base 1.24.11 h3fe0a9e_0 conda-forge
gstreamer 1.24.11 h233a61a_0 conda-forge
h11 0.16.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
h2 4.3.0 pyhcf101f3_0 conda-forge
harfbuzz 11.4.5 h5f2951f_0 conda-forge
hdf4 4.2.15 h5557f11_7 conda-forge
hdf5 1.14.3 nompi_hb2c4d47_109 conda-forge
hpack 4.1.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
httpcore 1.0.9 pyh29332c3_0 conda-forge
httpx 0.28.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
hyperframe 6.1.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
icu 75.1 he0c23c2_0 conda-forge
idna 3.10 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
importlib-metadata 8.7.0 pyhe01879c_1 conda-forge
ipykernel 6.30.1 pyh3521513_0 conda-forge
ipympl 0.9.7 pyhcf101f3_2 conda-forge
ipython 9.5.0 pyh6be1c34_0 conda-forge
ipython_pygments_lexers 1.1.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
ipywidgets 8.1.7 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
isoduration 20.11.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
jedi 0.19.2 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
jinja2 3.1.6 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
json5 0.12.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
jsonpointer 3.0.0 py313hfa70ccb_2 conda-forge
jsonschema 4.25.1 pyhe01879c_0 conda-forge
jsonschema-specifications 2025.9.1 pyhcf101f3_0 conda-forge
jsonschema-with-format-nongpl 4.25.1 he01879c_0 conda-forge
jupyter-lsp 2.3.0 pyhcf101f3_0 conda-forge
jupyter_client 8.6.3 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
jupyter_core 5.8.1 pyh5737063_0 conda-forge
jupyter_events 0.12.0 pyh29332c3_0 conda-forge
jupyter_server 2.17.0 pyhcf101f3_0 conda-forge
jupyter_server_terminals 0.5.3 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
jupyterlab 4.4.7 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
jupyterlab_pygments 0.3.0 pyhd8ed1ab_2 conda-forge
jupyterlab_server 2.27.3 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
jupyterlab_widgets 3.0.15 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
kiwisolver 1.4.9 py313h1a38498_1 conda-forge
krb5 1.21.3 hdf4eb48_0 conda-forge
lapack 3.6.1 h8933c1f_2 conda-forge
lark 1.2.2 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
lcms2 2.17 hbcf6048_0 conda-forge
lerc 4.0.0 h6470a55_1 conda-forge
libaec 1.1.4 h20038f6_0 conda-forge
libblas 3.9.0 35_h3d8f3c0_blis conda-forge
libbrotlicommon 1.1.0 hfd05255_4 conda-forge
libbrotlidec 1.1.0 hfd05255_4 conda-forge
libbrotlienc 1.1.0 hfd05255_4 conda-forge
libcblas 3.9.0 35_h8e9ec6c_blis conda-forge
libclang13 21.1.0 default_ha2db4b5_1 conda-forge
libcurl 8.14.1 h88aaa65_0 conda-forge
libdeflate 1.24 h76ddb4d_0 conda-forge
libexpat 2.7.1 hac47afa_0 conda-forge
libffi 3.4.6 h537db12_1 conda-forge
libflang 19.1.7 he0c23c2_0 conda-forge
libfreetype 2.13.3 h57928b3_1 conda-forge
libfreetype6 2.13.3 h0b5ce68_1 conda-forge
libglib 2.84.3 h1c1036b_0 conda-forge
libiconv 1.18 hc1393d2_2 conda-forge
libintl 0.22.5 h5728263_3 conda-forge
libintl-devel 0.22.5 h5728263_3 conda-forge
libjpeg-turbo 3.1.0 h2466b09_0 conda-forge
liblapack 3.9.0 12_h13b7882_netlib conda-forge
liblapacke 3.9.0 12_h1360930_netlib conda-forge
libllvm19 19.1.7 h3089188_1 conda-forge
liblzma 5.8.1 h2466b09_2 conda-forge
libmpdec 4.0.0 h2466b09_0 conda-forge
libnetcdf 4.9.2 nompi_h008f77d_116 conda-forge
libogg 1.3.5 h2466b09_1 conda-forge
libopenblas 0.3.30 pthreads_ha4fe6b2_2 conda-forge
libpng 1.6.50 h7351971_1 conda-forge
libpython 2.3 h57928b3_5 conda-forge
libsodium 1.0.20 hc70643c_0 conda-forge
libsqlite 3.50.4 hf5d6505_0 conda-forge
libssh2 1.11.1 h9aa295b_0 conda-forge
libtiff 4.7.0 h550210a_6 conda-forge
libudunits2 2.2.28 hfda9870_3 conda-forge
libuv 1.51.0 hfd05255_1 conda-forge
libvorbis 1.3.7 h5112557_2 conda-forge
libwebp-base 1.6.0 h4d5522a_0 conda-forge
libxcb 1.16 h013a479_1 conda-forge
libxml2 2.13.8 h741aa76_1 conda-forge
libxslt 1.1.43 h25c3957_0 conda-forge
libzip 1.11.2 h3135430_0 conda-forge
libzlib 1.3.1 h2466b09_2 conda-forge
lld 21.1.0 h5383324_0 conda-forge
llvm-tools 19.1.7 h2a44499_1 conda-forge
lz4-c 1.10.0 h2466b09_1 conda-forge
m2w64-binutils 2.25.1 5 conda-forge
m2w64-bzip2 1.0.6 6 conda-forge
m2w64-crt-git 5.0.0.4636.2595836 2 conda-forge
m2w64-gcc 5.3.0 6 conda-forge
m2w64-gcc-ada 5.3.0 6 conda-forge
m2w64-gcc-fortran 5.3.0 6 conda-forge
m2w64-gcc-libgfortran 5.3.0 6 conda-forge
m2w64-gcc-libs 5.3.0 7 conda-forge
m2w64-gcc-libs-core 5.3.0 7 conda-forge
m2w64-gcc-objc 5.3.0 6 conda-forge
m2w64-gmp 6.1.0 2 conda-forge
m2w64-headers-git 5.0.0.4636.c0ad18a 2 conda-forge
m2w64-isl 0.16.1 2 conda-forge
m2w64-libiconv 1.14 6 conda-forge
m2w64-libmangle-git 5.0.0.4509.2e5a9a2 2 conda-forge
m2w64-libwinpthread-git 5.0.0.4634.697f757 2 conda-forge
m2w64-make 4.1.2351.a80a8b8 2 conda-forge
m2w64-mpc 1.0.3 3 conda-forge
m2w64-mpfr 3.1.4 4 conda-forge
m2w64-pkg-config 0.29.1 2 conda-forge
m2w64-toolchain 5.3.0 7 conda-forge
m2w64-tools-git 5.0.0.4592.90b8472 2 conda-forge
m2w64-windows-default-manifest 6.4 3 conda-forge
m2w64-winpthreads-git 5.0.0.4634.697f757 2 conda-forge
m2w64-zlib 1.2.8 10 conda-forge
markupsafe 3.0.2 py313hb4c8b1a_1 conda-forge
matplotlib 3.10.6 py313hfa70ccb_1 conda-forge
matplotlib-base 3.10.6 py313he1ded55_1 conda-forge
matplotlib-inline 0.1.7 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
mistune 3.1.4 pyhcf101f3_0 conda-forge
mpi 1.0 msmpi conda-forge
mpi4py 4.1.0 py313he7c20cf_102 conda-forge
msmpi 10.1.1 h3502643_7 conda-forge
msys2-conda-epoch 20160418 1 conda-forge
munkres 1.1.4 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
nbclient 0.10.2 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
nbconvert-core 7.16.6 pyh29332c3_0 conda-forge
nbformat 5.10.4 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
nco 5.3.3 h7377ec6_0 conda-forge
nest-asyncio 1.6.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
netcdf-fortran 4.6.1 nompi_h52e177b_104 conda-forge
netcdf4 1.7.2 nompi_py313hd7ea893_101 conda-forge
notebook-shim 0.2.4 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
numpy 2.3.2 py313hce7ae62_2 conda-forge
openblas 0.3.30 pthreads_h4a7f399_2 conda-forge
openjpeg 2.5.3 h24db6dd_1 conda-forge
openssl 3.5.2 h725018a_0 conda-forge
overrides 7.7.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
packaging 25.0 pyh29332c3_1 conda-forge
pandocfilters 1.5.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
parso 0.8.5 pyhcf101f3_0 conda-forge
pcre2 10.45 h99c9b8b_0 conda-forge
pickleshare 0.7.5 pyhd8ed1ab_1004 conda-forge
pillow 10.4.0 py313h24ec7aa_1 conda-forge
pip 25.2 pyh145f28c_0 conda-forge
pixman 0.46.4 h5112557_1 conda-forge
platformdirs 4.4.0 pyhcf101f3_0 conda-forge
ply 3.11 pyhd8ed1ab_3 conda-forge
prometheus_client 0.22.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
prompt-toolkit 3.0.52 pyha770c72_0 conda-forge
psutil 7.0.0 py313h5ea7bf4_1 conda-forge
pthread-stubs 0.4 hcd874cb_1001 conda-forge
pure_eval 0.2.3 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
pycparser 2.22 pyh29332c3_1 conda-forge
pygments 2.19.2 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
pyncview 0.99.39 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
pyparsing 3.2.3 pyhe01879c_2 conda-forge
pyqt 5.15.11 py313hbdd460c_1 conda-forge
pyqt5-sip 12.17.0 py313h5813708_1 conda-forge
pyside6 6.9.2 py313hd8d090c_1 conda-forge
pysocks 1.7.1 pyh09c184e_7 conda-forge
python 3.13.7 hdf00ec1_100_cp313 conda-forge
python-dateutil 2.9.0.post0 pyhe01879c_2 conda-forge
python-fastjsonschema 2.21.2 pyhe01879c_0 conda-forge
python-gil 3.13.7 h4df99d1_100 conda-forge
python-json-logger 2.0.7 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
python_abi 3.13 8_cp313 conda-forge
pytz 2025.2 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
pywin32 311 py313h40c08fc_1 conda-forge
pywinpty 2.0.15 py313h5813708_0 conda-forge
pyyaml 6.0.2 py313hb4c8b1a_2 conda-forge
pyzmq 27.1.0 py312hbb5da91_0 conda-forge
qhull 2020.2 hc790b64_5 conda-forge
qt-main 5.15.15 hb098fff_5 conda-forge
qt6-main 6.9.2 h236c7cd_0 conda-forge
referencing 0.36.2 pyh29332c3_0 conda-forge
requests 2.32.5 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
rfc3339-validator 0.1.4 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
rfc3986-validator 0.1.1 pyh9f0ad1d_0 conda-forge
rfc3987-syntax 1.1.0 pyhe01879c_1 conda-forge
rpds-py 0.27.1 py313hfbe8231_1 conda-forge
scipy 1.16.1 py313h62a08ca_1 conda-forge
send2trash 1.8.3 pyh5737063_1 conda-forge
setuptools 80.9.0 pyhff2d567_0 conda-forge
sip 6.10.0 py313h5813708_0 conda-forge
six 1.17.0 pyhe01879c_1 conda-forge
snappy 1.2.2 h7fa0ca8_0 conda-forge
sniffio 1.3.1 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
soupsieve 2.8 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
stack_data 0.6.3 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
terminado 0.18.1 pyh5737063_0 conda-forge
tinycss2 1.4.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
tk 8.6.13 h2c6b04d_2 conda-forge
toml 0.10.2 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
tomli 2.2.1 pyhe01879c_2 conda-forge
tornado 6.5.2 py313h5ea7bf4_1 conda-forge
traitlets 5.14.3 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
types-python-dateutil 2.9.0.20250822 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
typing-extensions 4.15.0 h396c80c_0 conda-forge
typing_extensions 4.15.0 pyhcf101f3_0 conda-forge
typing_utils 0.1.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
tzdata 2025b h78e105d_0 conda-forge
ucrt 10.0.26100.0 h57928b3_0 conda-forge
uri-template 1.3.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
urllib3 2.5.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
vc 14.3 h41ae7f8_31 conda-forge
vc14_runtime 14.44.35208 h818238b_31 conda-forge
vcomp14 14.44.35208 h818238b_31 conda-forge
vs2015_runtime 14.44.35208 h38c0c73_31 conda-forge
wcwidth 0.2.13 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
webcolors 24.11.1 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
webencodings 0.5.1 pyhd8ed1ab_3 conda-forge
websocket-client 1.8.0 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
widgetsnbextension 4.0.14 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
win_inet_pton 1.1.0 pyh7428d3b_8 conda-forge
winpty 0.4.3 4 conda-forge
xmlplot 0.9.29 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
xmlstore 0.9.14 pyhd8ed1ab_1 conda-forge
xorg-libxau 1.0.11 hcd874cb_0 conda-forge
xorg-libxdmcp 1.1.3 hcd874cb_0 conda-forge
yaml 0.2.5 h6a83c73_3 conda-forge
zeromq 4.3.5 h5bddc39_9 conda-forge
zipp 3.23.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge
zlib 1.3.1 h2466b09_2 conda-forge
zstandard 0.24.0 py313hcdcf24b_1 conda-forge
zstd 1.5.7 hbeecb71_2 conda-forge
```

### Environment info

```shell
active environment : eat
active env location : C:\Miniconda\envs\eat
shell level : 2
user config file : C:\Users\runneradmin\.condarc
populated config files : C:\Miniconda\.condarc
C:\Users\runneradmin\.condarc
conda version : 25.7.0
conda-build version : not installed
python version : 3.13.5.final.0
solver : libmamba (default)
virtual packages : __archspec=1=x86_64_v3
__conda=25.7.0=0
__win=10.0.20348=0
base environment : C:\Miniconda (writable)
conda av data dir : C:\Miniconda\etc\conda
conda av metadata url : None
channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64
https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64
https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch
package cache : C:\Users\runneradmin\conda_pkgs_dir
envs directories : C:\Miniconda\envs
C:\Users\runneradmin\.conda\envs
C:\Users\runneradmin\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
platform : win-64
user-agent : conda/25.7.0 requests/2.32.4 CPython/3.13.5 Windows/2022Server Windows/10.0.20348 solver/libmamba conda-libmamba-solver/25.4.0 libmambapy/2.0.5 aau/0.7.2 c/. s/. e/.
administrator : True
netrc file : None
offline mode : False
```