[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib/distutils cygwinccompiler.py,1.12,1.13 sysconfig.py,1.37,1.38

Greg Ward gward@python.net
Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:38:27 -0400


On 26 July 2001, M.-A. Lemburg said:
> Two things:
> 
> 1. You should patch the distutils CVS tree as well.

Last time I checked (which was around the time CVS was transferred from
python.org to Sourceforce), the distutils CVS tree was just a symlink into
the standard library.  So this shouldn't be necessary.

> 2. Your fix is not backwards compatible (distutils maintains
>    Python 1.5.2 and up compatibility, so you'll have to
>    switch on the sys.version here).

Correct.

        Greg
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