[issue5706] setuptools doesn't honor standard compiler variables

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: You can submit an entry at http://bugs.python.org/setuptools. Although, what you mean by "distutils does support the environment variables properly" -- components: +Distutils -Installation versions: -Python 2.4, Python 2.5 __

[issue5706] setuptools doesn't honor standard compiler variables

Garrett Cooper added the comment: I did some quick inspection and it appears to be tied purely into setuptools, not distutils. distutils does support the environment variables properly. So I take this item and submit it to PEAK I suppose? Fun times ><. Thanks for the help. -- status:

[issue5706] setuptools doesn't honor standard compiler variables

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[issue5706] setuptools doesn't honor standard compiler variables

Georg Brandl added the comment: Is this about setuptools, or distutils? setuptools-specific bugs do not go in this tracker. -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue5706] setuptools doesn't honor standard compiler variables

New submission from Garrett Cooper : I realize that cross-compilation isn't supported yet, _but_ setuptools needs to be modified such that standard compilation variables are supported, e.g. CC, CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LD, LDFLAGS, LDLIBS. The -i, -l, and -L flags with setup.py with build_ext provide a