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Joe Pham wrote:
> Using non-cygwin python-2.5.4
        ^^^^^^^^^^

> Apparently, distutils failed to locate the full path to gcc.exe 
> because /bin/gcc.exe is an s-link instead of a regular file

  Non-cygwin applications of course do not recognise nor follow Cygwin symlinks.

> (os.path.isfile() returned False).  
> One simple work-around is to delete that s-link and
> copy /bin/gcc-3.exe to /bin/gcc.exe

  Can you just tell windows python to use "gcc-3" in distutils instead of
"gcc", and not have to munge your cygwin installation?

    cheers,
      DaveK



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