[Distutils] Adding --compiler pass-through option to install

[Andrew Kuchling]

On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 03:15:59PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>Wouldn't it make sense to add a --compiler pass-through option
>to the install command ?

IMHO that leads down the slippery slope of having to pass everything
through; --libraries and --debug and --define &c. would also all have
to be passed through, and applied to the proper command.  If you need
special arguments, run the passes separately.

--amk