[issue1250] Building external modules using Sun Studio 12

[anilj]

New submission from anilj:

When compiling matplotlib, ditutils defaults to using
/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc but it needs to use /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC for
compiling c++ files.

% python2.5 setup.py build
building for GTK requires pygtk; you must be able to "import gtk" in
your build/install environmentTKAgg requires TkInter
running build
running build_py
copying lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc ->
build/lib.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.5/matplotlib/mpl-data
running build_ext
building 'matplotlib._agg' extension
/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -DNDEBUG -O -fast -xipo -xtarget=opteron -Kpic
-Iagg23/include -Isrc -Iswig -I/usr/local/include/python2.5 -c
src/agg.cxx -o build/temp.solaris-2.10-i86pc-2.5/src/agg.o
cc: No input file specified, no output generated
error: command '/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc' failed with exit status 1


% python2.5 setup.py build --help-compiler
building for GTK requires pygtk; you must be able to "import gtk" in
your build/install environmentTKAgg requires TkInter
List of available compilers:
  --compiler=bcpp     Borland C++ Compiler
  --compiler=cygwin   Cygwin port of GNU C Compiler for Win32
  --compiler=emx      EMX port of GNU C Compiler for OS/2
  --compiler=mingw32  Mingw32 port of GNU C Compiler for Win32
  --compiler=msvc     Microsoft Visual C++
  --compiler=mwerks   MetroWerks CodeWarrior
  --compiler=unix     standard UNIX-style compiler


Doesn't look like I can override the default compiler using the above
options.

Thanks.

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components: Distutils
messages: 56293
nosy: anilj
severity: normal
status: open
title: Building external modules using Sun Studio 12
type: compile error
versions: Python 2.5

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