[Distutils] Adding --compiler pass-through option to install

[Rene Liebscher]

Andrew Kuchling wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 03:15:59PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> >Wouldn't it make sense to add a --compiler pass-through option
> >to the install command ?
> 
> IMHO that leads down the slippery slope of having to pass everything
> through; --libraries and --debug and --define &c. would also all have
> to be passed through, and applied to the proper command.  If you need
> special arguments, run the passes separately.
> 
If you have to specify it for every package you compile, because 
you want to use a particular compiler, then you should write 
a personal configuration file as described in
http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/doc/inst/sec:config-filenames.html

Kind regards
Rene Liebscher