Andrew> ImportError: No module named math
    Andrew> make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1

    Andrew> The has_function source in Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py has this
    Andrew> comment:

    Andrew> # this can't be included at module scope because it tries to
    Andrew> # import math which might not be available at that point - maybe
    Andrew> # the necessary logic should just be inlined?

*sigh* I guess that would explain why it wasn't used anywhere in setup.py.

Can you try this simplified version?  (It's probably almost exactly what you
came up with.)

Thanks,

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