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Title: distutils.extension.read_setup_file misinterprets -C switch
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Distutils Versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.1, Python 2.7
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Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: tarek Nosy List: donlorenzo, tarek (2)
Priority: Keywords patch

Created on 2009-05-29 22:07 by donlorenzo, last changed 2009-09-07 08:10 by tarek.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit Remove
distutil_extension.patch donlorenzo, 2009-05-29 22:07 fixes the -C switch in distutil extension setup files
Messages (2)
msg88542 - (view) Author: Lorenz Quack (donlorenzo) Date: 2009-05-29 22:06 
I'm not sure if this is a bug or some weird backward-compatible behaviour...

In "distutil.extension.read_setup_file" it checks for the "-C" switch
but then appends "word" instead of "value"
So if you pass "-C-Wall" it actually passes exactly that to the compiler
instead of just "-Wall"

In the file it says the switch is "only here 'cause makesetup has it!"
so is this some behaviour the way it is for compability reasons or am I
missing something?

If this is indeed a bug I attached a patch
msg92353 - (view) Author: Tarek Ziadé (tarek) Date: 2009-09-07 08:10 
Thanks for the patch. 

I need to look at how read_setup_file is actually used in the community,
then apply the patch in consequence.
History
Date User Action Args
2009-09-07 08:10:17tareksettype: behavior
messages: + msg92353
versions: - Python 2.6, Python 2.5, Python 2.4, Python 3.0
2009-05-29 22:07:00donlorenzocreate