--- /opt/Python-2.7a2/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/build_ext.py.orig	2010-01-13 11:28:14.413268745 -0500
+++ /opt/Python-2.7a2/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/build_ext.py	2010-01-13 11:40:21.125305264 -0500
@@ -127,16 +127,18 @@
         # need this to make sure setattr() (used in distutils)
         # doesn't kill our property
         if name == 'compiler':
-            self._set_compiler(value)
+            self._set_compiler(value, 3) # extra frame for warning
         else:
             self.__dict__[name] = value
 
-    def _set_compiler(self, compiler):
+    def _set_compiler(self, compiler, _stacklevel=2):
+        # stacklevel variable to allow __setattr__ to bump it.
         if not isinstance(compiler, str) and compiler is not None:
             # we don't want to allow that anymore in the future
             warn("'compiler' specifies the compiler type in build_ext. "
                  "If you want to get the compiler object itself, "
-                 "use 'compiler_obj'", DeprecationWarning)
+                 "use 'compiler_obj'", DeprecationWarning,
+                 stacklevel=_stacklevel)
         self._compiler = compiler
 
     def _get_compiler(self):
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@
             # we don't want to allow that anymore in the future
             warn("'compiler' specifies the compiler type in build_ext. "
                  "If you want to get the compiler object itself, "
-                 "use 'compiler_obj'", DeprecationWarning)
+                 "use 'compiler_obj'", DeprecationWarning,
+                 stacklevel=2)
         return self._compiler
 
     compiler = property(_get_compiler, _set_compiler)