[issue3861] distutils CCompiler._compile doesn't require lang keyword argument

Mike Auty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: You're absolutely right, it was a Gentoo patching issue. Thanks very much for the link to the bug, I would never have found it myself! 5:) I'm off to go try and convince them it's a bad idea to patch interfaces... __

[issue3861] distutils CCompiler._compile doesn't require lang keyword argument

Changes by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- resolution: -> invalid status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ __

[issue3861] distutils CCompiler._compile doesn't require lang keyword argument

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Your problem seems very similar to http://bugs.gentoo.org/219238 but it seems that the Gentoo installation uses a patched version of python. there is no "lang" parameter at all in the official version... Do you use a patched version of

[issue3861] distutils CCompiler._compile doesn't require lang keyword argument

Mike Auty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Sorry, scratch that, it turned out to be a patch added by a local packager. I don't seem to be able to close my own bug, but for anyone who's triaging this, please mark this as CLOSED/INVALID or similar. Sorry for the inconvenience... __

[issue3861] distutils CCompiler._compile doesn't require lang keyword argument

New submission from Mike Auty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm testing out Python-2.6b3 and attempted to build wxpython-2.8.8.1. It creates a subclassed CCompiler (MyUnixCCompiler), which overrides the _compile function, with the following signature: _compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postarg