Won't compile with the "--with-c" switch

[ritu1337]

Tried on ubuntu 15.10 x64 and windows server 2008 server r2.

~/distance-master$ python setup.py install --with-c
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/distance
copying distance/init.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/distance
copying distance/_simpledists.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/distance
copying distance/_levenshtein.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/distance
copying distance/_iterators.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/distance
copying distance/_fastcomp.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/distance
copying distance/_lcsubstrings.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/distance
copying distance/_pyimports.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/distance
running build_ext
building 'distance.cdistance' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cdistance
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-strict-aliasing -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c cdistance/distance.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/cdistance/distance.o
cdistance/distance.c: In function ‘ifastcomp_new’:
cdistance/distance.c:484:6: error: ‘otr’ undeclared (first use in this function)
if (otr && (transpositions = PyObject_IsTrue(otr)) == -1)
^
cdistance/distance.c:484:6: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

[mxbi]

I have the same issue on Ubuntu 14.04.

The bug is introduced by the commit 4e7de6a, and can be resolved by compiling a version before that. Before trying to build the package, do:

git checkout 838a8a55529615fd7d8dff8d4a891291ad7f090a

to avoid the last commits and compile without getting this error. 🙂