Fixed #2698 - now reads the compiler option when creating the compiler
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
index 1596586..bd61bc5 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
# Setup the CCompiler object that we'll use to do all the
# compiling and linking
- self.compiler = new_compiler(compiler=None,
+ self.compiler = new_compiler(compiler=self.compiler,
verbose=self.verbose,
dry_run=self.dry_run,
force=self.force)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
index f992928..b7cdc20 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@
self.assertEquals(so_dir, other_tmp_dir)
cmd.inplace = 0
+ cmd.compiler = None
cmd.run()
so_file = cmd.get_outputs()[0]
self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(so_file))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4103a25..094043d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #2698: The --compiler ignored was ignored for distutils' build_ext.
+
- Issue #4961: Inconsistent/wrong result of askyesno function in tkMessageBox
with Tcl/Tk-8.5.