[Distutils] distutils failing to read python Makefile information

[L D Marks]

I have a bug (?): distutils does not seem to be reading
information from the python Makefile, and is instead using 
a very basic "cc" compiler with few options. This won't
work since the cc compiler on the machine I am using is
not great. Any suggestions of where to start?

Background information:
I'm using gcc 3.1 on an HPUX 10.20 computer. The version
of python I used was 2.2.1. Python appears to be OK (I'm 
not an expert) and I only noticed the problem when I
tried to compile PyOpenGL (which I need for some other
software).

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but python is also not
picking up any information from PATH or other variables
(e.g. CC).

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Laurence Marks
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60201, USA
Tel: (847) 491-3996 Fax: (847) 491-7820
mailto:ldm@risc4.numis.northwestern.edu
http://www.numis.northwestern.edu
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