Merge pull request #530 from matthew-brett/check-linking-with-lib

Great! thanks!
dipy · Dec 29, 2014 · ffb6abb · ffb6abb
2 parents 53c3d68 + 5b3c125
commit ffb6abb
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diff --git a/setup_helpers.py b/setup_helpers.py
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ def can_compile_link(self, compile_flags, link_flags, code):
                 except CompileError:
                     return False
                 try:
-                    cc.link_executable(objects, "a.out",
+                    # Link shared lib rather then executable to avoid
+                    # http://bugs.python.org/issue4431 with MSVC 10+
+                    cc.link_shared_lib(objects, "testlib",
                                        extra_postargs=link_flags)
                 except (LinkError, TypeError):
                     return False