On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 01:32:16PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > So, yes, Python should definitely use a pattern match to ignore the > separator character.
This is a known issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue2234 Unfortunately, resolution of this issue has stalled. If the OP verifies that the attached patch fixes his problem, then I will release a Cygwin Python with this patch applied. Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6
--- previous/cygwinccompiler.py 2005-10-28 20:07:08.000000000 -0700 +++ cygwinccompiler.py 2008-03-04 09:46:28.000000000 -0800 @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ out = os.popen(gcc_exe + ' -dumpversion','r') out_string = out.read() out.close() - result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)',out_string) + result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)',out_string) if result: gcc_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1)) else: @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ out = os.popen(ld_exe + ' -v','r') out_string = out.read() out.close() - result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)',out_string) + result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)',out_string) if result: ld_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1)) else: @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ out = os.popen(dllwrap_exe + ' --version','r') out_string = out.read() out.close() - result = re.search(' (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)',out_string) + result = re.search(' (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)',out_string) if result: dllwrap_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1)) else:
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