Added 'debug' flag to 'find_library_file()', and changed code to handle it.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index a1dedb0..eecbb62 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -474,13 +474,18 @@
return self.library_filename (lib)
- def find_library_file (self, dirs, lib):
-
+ def find_library_file (self, dirs, lib, debug=0):
+ # Prefer a debugging library if found (and requested), but deal
+ # with it if we don't have one.
+ if debug:
+ try_names = [lib + "_d", lib]
+ else:
+ try_names = [lib]
for dir in dirs:
- libfile = os.path.join (dir, self.library_filename (lib))
- if os.path.exists (libfile):
- return libfile
-
+ for name in try_names:
+ libfile = os.path.join(dir, self.library_filename (name))
+ if os.path.exists(libfile):
+ return libfile
else:
# Oops, didn't find it in *any* of 'dirs'
return None