diff -rupN Python-2.7.13/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py Python-2.7.13-new/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
--- Python-2.7.13/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py 2017-01-21 01:46:08.570585519 +0100
+++ Python-2.7.13-new/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py 2017-01-21 01:46:11.324556116 +0100
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ def get_versions():
from distutils.spawn import find_executable
import re
- gcc_exe = find_executable('gcc')
+ gcc_exe = os.environ.get('CC') or find_executable('gcc')
+ ld_exe = os.environ.get('LD') or find_executable('ld')
if gcc_exe:
out = os.popen(gcc_exe + ' -dumpversion','r')
out_string = out.read()
@@ -431,9 +432,11 @@ def get_versions():
gcc_version = LooseVersion(result.group(1))
else:
gcc_version = None
+ out = os.popen(gcc_exe + ' --print-prog-name ld','r')
+ ld_exe = out.read().decode('ascii').split()[0]
+ out.close()
else:
gcc_version = None
- ld_exe = find_executable('ld')
if ld_exe:
out = os.popen(ld_exe + ' -v','r')
out_string = out.read()
@@ -445,7 +448,7 @@ def get_versions():
ld_version = None
else:
ld_version = None
- dllwrap_exe = find_executable('dllwrap')
+ dllwrap_exe = os.environ.get('DLLWRAP') or find_executable('dllwrap')
if dllwrap_exe:
out = os.popen(dllwrap_exe + ' --version','r')
out_string = out.read()