Cygwin installer should create a link to libpythonX.Y.dll.a

[tebeka]

BPO	1465554
Nosy	@tebeka, @tarekziade
Superseder	bpo-1289136: distutils extension library path bug on cygwin

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GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/tarekziade'
closed_at = <Date 2020-11-15.23:14:54.258>
created_at = <Date 2006-04-06.07:46:58.000>
labels = ['expert-installation', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'Cygwin installer should create a link to libpythonX.Y.dll.a'
updated_at = <Date 2020-11-15.23:14:54.258>
user = 'https://github.com/tebeka'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-11-15.23:14:54.258>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'tarek'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2020-11-15.23:14:54.258>
closer = 'iritkatriel'
components = ['Distutils', 'Installation']
creation = <Date 2006-04-06.07:46:58.000>
creator = 'tebeka'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 1465554
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['60898', '109773']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['tebeka', 'tarek']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '1289136'
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1465554'
versions = ['Python 3.1', 'Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2']

[tebeka]

Installer should create a link to
/usr/lib/python25/config/libpython2.5.dll.a in /usr/lib

/usr/lib/python25/config is *not* in the linker path
and build extensions using distutils don't work. Create
a link in /usr/lib fixes the problem.

Another option is to change distutils to add
/usr/lib/python25/config to linker path on cygwin
platforms.

[BreamoreBoy]

I've no idea if this has already been covered by the intensive work that I understand has been going on with distutils.