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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2005-10-27 18:56:22 +0000
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2005-10-27 18:56:22 +0000
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Update instructions according to Dave Abrahams
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\subsubsection{GNU C / Cygwin / MinGW}
+These instructions only apply if you're using a version of Python prior
+to 2.4.1 with a MinGW prior to 3.0.0 (with binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1).
+
This section describes the necessary steps to use Distutils with the
GNU C/\Cpp{} compilers in their Cygwin and MinGW
distributions.\footnote{Check