--- \Apps\Python\Lib\distutils\cygwinccompiler.py.orig	2005-10-28 19:07:08.000000000 +0100
+++ \Apps\Python\Lib\distutils\cygwinccompiler.py	2008-08-03 17:05:49.843750000 +0100
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
     """ Try to find out the versions of gcc, ld and dllwrap.
         If not possible it returns None for it.
     """
-    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+    from distutils.version import StrictVersion, LooseVersion
     from distutils.spawn import find_executable
     import re
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
         out.close()
         result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)',out_string)
         if result:
-            ld_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1))
+            ld_version = LooseVersion(result.group(1))
         else:
             ld_version = None
     else:
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@
         out.close()
         result = re.search(' (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)',out_string)
         if result:
-            dllwrap_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1))
+            dllwrap_version = LooseVersion(result.group(1))
         else:
             dllwrap_version = None
     else: