[Patches] [ python-Patches-601314 ] build_ext forgets libraries par w MSVC

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Patches item #601314, was opened at 2002-08-28 15:59
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Category: Distutils and setup.py
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Wolfgang Strobl (strobl)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
>Summary: build_ext forgets libraries par w MSVC

Initial Comment:
Including additional link libraries by specifiying the 
libraries parameter in the Extension class call in 
setup.py fails, when using the MSVC compiler, the 
parameter silently gets ignored.

This is caused by a bug in build_ext which has been 
introduced through the addition of cygwin support from 
1.69 to 1.70 in 9/2000.  

"get_libraries" SHOULD return ext.libraries per default. 
Currently, it falls through and returns None, if the 
platform is WIN32 and the compiler is MSVCCompiler. 

I noticed this while trying to build the bsddb3 python 
extension for win32. A necessary library libdb40s  was 
specified in setup.py, but the build failed because the 
value never got through to the linker.

The attached patch adds a single "return ext.libraries" at 
the end of the case "win32", as a catch all. This fixes 
the problem.


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