[Python-Dev] "error: None" when building extensions under 2.6

[Fredrik Lundh]

when I'm trying to build extensions under Python 2.6 on Windows XP, the 
build process terminates with single line that says:

     error: None

which is about as useless as an error message can be.  Googling for this 
brings up a few hits which all seem to involve setuptools (and none of 
the hits contain any answers), but I'm using straightforward distutils 
stuff that has worked without a glitch since 1.5.2.  Has anyone else 
seen this for 2.6?

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