binutils 20080523-1: version string breaks python2.5 distutils

[Jason Tishler]

Joe,

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 01:47:23AM +0000, Joe Pham wrote:
> >If the OP verifies that the attached patch fixes his problem, then I
> >will release a Cygwin Python with this patch applied.
> >
> >+        result = re.search('(\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?)',out_string)
> 
> It worked, though not 100%: it failed to pick up the patch release
> component (i.e. 1.2.3a).  This search regex works for all cases:
> 
> '(\d+\.\d+(\.(\d+))?([ab](\d+))?)'

Can you post your findings to the Python Issue Tracker?  See the
following:

    http://bugs.python.org/issue2234

I'm willing to patch Cygwin Python, but I would prefer to use a patch
that (ultimately) will be accepted into the code base.

Thanks,
Jason

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