[Distutils] How do I build C++ modules

I built Python with 'cc'. The corresponding C++ compiler is 'CC'. The 'cc' compiler cannot take .cpp (C++) files as input. How do I force disutils to build a module with 'CC' even though Python was built with 'cc'? I'm using Python 2.1.2 and 2.2.2. -- albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)