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  r77377 | tarek.ziade | 2010-01-09 00:42:23 +0100 (Sat, 09 Jan 2010) | 1 line

  Fixed #7617: all flavors of gcc should be recognized now
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diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
index 7556cbd..783d4dc 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@
     def library_dir_option(self, dir):
         return "-L" + dir
 
+    def _is_gcc(self, compiler_name):
+        return "gcc" in compiler_name or "g++" in compiler_name
+
     def runtime_library_dir_option(self, dir):
         # XXX Hackish, at the very least.  See Python bug #445902:
         # http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php
@@ -284,12 +287,12 @@
             # MacOSX's linker doesn't understand the -R flag at all
             return "-L" + dir
         elif sys.platform[:5] == "hp-ux":
-            if "gcc" in compiler or "g++" in compiler:
+            if self._is_gcc(compiler):
                 return ["-Wl,+s", "-L" + dir]
             return ["+s", "-L" + dir]
         elif sys.platform[:7] == "irix646" or sys.platform[:6] == "osf1V5":
             return ["-rpath", dir]
-        elif compiler[:3] == "gcc" or compiler[:3] == "g++":
+        elif self._is_gcc(compiler):
             return "-Wl,-R" + dir
         else:
             return "-R" + dir