[Python-Dev] possible bug in distutils (Mingw32CCompiler)? (original) (raw)

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Thu May 24 16:11:19 CEST 2012


On Thu, 24 May 2012 08:45:30 -0500, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org> wrote:

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Sturla Molden <sturla at molden.no> wrote: > > Mingw32CCompiler in cygwincompiler.py emits the symbol -mno-cygwin. > > This is used to make Cygwin's gcc behave as mingw. As of gcc 4.6 it is not > recognized by the mingw gcc compiler itself, and causes as crash. It should > be removed because it is never needed for mingw (in any version), only for > cross-compilation to mingw from other gcc versions. > > Instead, those who use CygwinCCompiler or Linux GCC to "cross-compile" to > plain Win32 can set -mno-cygwin manually. It also means -mcygwin should be > removed from the output of CygwinCCompiler. > > I think...

Please report bugs to http://bugs.python.org so they don't get lost in email. The relevant people will be notified or assigned if a bug is entered.

It was already reported by someone else:

http://bugs.python.org/issue12641

--David



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