Index: Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
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--- Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	(revision 77209)
+++ Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	(working copy)
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
             return ["+s", "-L" + dir]
         elif sys.platform[:7] == "irix646" or sys.platform[:6] == "osf1V5":
             return ["-rpath", dir]
-        elif compiler[:3] == "gcc" or compiler[:3] == "g++":
+        elif "gcc" in compiler or "g++" in compiler:
             # gcc on non-GNU systems does not need -Wl, but can
             # use it anyway.  Since distutils has always passed in
             # -Wl whenever gcc was used in the past it is probably