Joe Pham wrote: > Using non-cygwin python-2.5.4 ^^^^^^^^^^ > Apparently, distutils failed to locate the full path to gcc.exe > because /bin/gcc.exe is an s-link instead of a regular file Non-cygwin applications of course do not recognise nor follow Cygwin symlinks. > (os.path.isfile() returned False). > One simple work-around is to delete that s-link and > copy /bin/gcc-3.exe to /bin/gcc.exe Can you just tell windows python to use "gcc-3" in distutils instead of "gcc", and not have to munge your cygwin installation? cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/