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Distutils add ability to skip build [Feature Request] #46140

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eloff mannequin opened this issue Jan 12, 2008 · 4 comments
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Distutils add ability to skip build [Feature Request] #46140

eloff mannequin opened this issue Jan 12, 2008 · 4 comments
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stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-feature A feature request or enhancement

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eloff mannequin commented Jan 12, 2008

BPO 1815
Nosy @tiran, @tarekziade, @akitada

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title = 'Distutils add ability to skip build [Feature Request]'
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eloff mannequin commented Jan 12, 2008

There seems to be no way to skip the build step when running "setup.py
install" The behavior in such a case should be to skip build and use the
existing binaries as created in a separate build step or else print an
error. That way you can do "setup.py build" followed by "setup.py
install --skip-build" and you only have one build taking place.

The purpose of this would be to allow build to take place on a separate
computer to install. Currently I do this on Vista because MSVC 2003 is
not recommended or supported, and distutils won't use the installed MSVC
2005. So I do the build on a (virtual) XP machine and then install by
hand for lack of this option. I think Vista is a strong enough use case
to justify adding this feature.

@eloff eloff mannequin added the stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir label Jan 12, 2008
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tiran commented Jan 12, 2008

Python 2.5's distutils has a --skip-build option for the install
command. In which way doesn't it solve your use case?

For Windows I recommend MinGW32 as compiler. It's sufficient for most users.

@tiran tiran added the type-feature A feature request or enhancement label Jan 12, 2008
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akitada mannequin commented Feb 2, 2009

Python 3.0 has --skip-build, too.
Can we close this ticket?

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tarekziade mannequin commented Feb 2, 2009

right, nothing to fix here, the feature is available

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