[issue3496] distutils fails with mingw binutils 2.18.50.20080109

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Yes, this problem is a duplicate of #2234, for which I had a very similar fix. Thanks! -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue3496] distutils fails with mingw binutils 2.18.50.20080109

Benjamin Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Amaury, if you are going to look at this you might want to see #2234. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue3496] distutils fails with mingw binutils 2.18.50.20080109

Changes by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- assignee: -> amaury.forgeotdarc nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ __

[issue3496] distutils fails with mingw binutils 2.18.50.20080109

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[issue3496] distutils fails with mingw binutils 2.18.50.20080109

New submission from Paul Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The latest version of Mingw binutils, 2.18.50.20080109, uses a 4-part version number which distutils does not like (StrictVersion only allows for 3 parts). The attached patch fixes this, simply by using LooseVersion (the version number has alre