[SciPy-dev] Make numpy.distutils work with python 2.5 + cygwin

[Ravikiran Rajagopal]

Hi,
  I am trying to compile numpy with python 2.5.1 under cygwin and ran into the 
following issue. I cannot convince numpy.distutils to tell distutils that I 
am using cygwin. Using the switch "--compiler=ming32" with both 'config' 
and 'build' options of setup.py, I end up with an error from distutils (not 
numpy.distutils) that python was built with Visual Studio 2003 and asking me 
to pass "-c ming32" to setup.py. What magic incantation do I need to convince 
distutils+numpy.distutils to accept my cygwin compilers?

Regards,
Ravi