Define the 'executables' class attribute so the CCompiler constructor
doesn't blow up. We don't currently use the 'set_executables()' bureaucracy,
although it would be nice to do so for consistency with UnixCCompiler.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index 06d8501..2e80ed5 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@
compiler_type = 'msvc'
+ # Just set this so CCompiler's constructor doesn't barf. We currently
+ # don't use the 'set_executables()' bureaucracy provided by CCompiler,
+ # as it really isn't necessary for this sort of single-compiler class.
+ # Would be nice to have a consistent interface with UnixCCompiler,
+ # though, so it's worth thinking about.
+ executables = {}
+
# Private class data (need to distinguish C from C++ source for compiler)
_c_extensions = ['.c']
_cpp_extensions = ['.cc','.cpp']
@@ -295,7 +302,7 @@
if extra_postargs:
lib_args.extend (extra_postargs)
try:
- self.spawn ([self.link] + ld_args)
+ self.spawn ([self.lib] + lib_args)
except DistutilsExecError, msg:
raise LibError, msg