[issue25946] configure should pick /usr/bin/g++ automatically if present

Paul Menzel added the comment: I created https://bugs.python.org/issue44909. -- nosy: +pmenzel ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue25946] configure should pick /usr/bin/g++ automatically if present

Irit Katriel added the comment: Closing as 2.7 is past EOL and distutils is deprecated. Please create a new issue if you have a current problem with this. -- nosy: +iritkatriel resolution: -> out of date stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed

[issue25946] configure should pick /usr/bin/g++ automatically if present

New submission from Karl Richter: `./configure` both prints `checking for g++... no` and WARNING: By default, distutils will build C++ extension modules with "g++". If this is not intended, then set CXX on the configure command line. if `/usr/bin/g++` is present and