Greg Ward wrote:
The second problem. Why "bdist" doesn't check only the source files against the finished extension modules? Currently it seems to check the source files against the compiled object files.
Good point, I think. I'm trying *not* to emulate everything you'd do in a real Makefile, since Distutils != make. But this could be a useful addition, if I understand what you're saying -- I'll have to think about it. (Hint: working patches are an excellent way to prod me into thinking about something. They also clarify wonderfully what exactly you're talking about.)
You have the following files: XXXX.c => XXXX.o => XXXX.pyd (on Windows) If you remove the object files or use a different compiler, which wants to see XXXX.obj instead XXXX.o (msvc <=> cygwin), it would try to rebuild all, even if the XXXX.pyd-file is up-to-date. I have the place in the build_ext.py file to change this, the patch is attached. I simple let check it before I start the compiler (which only can check XXXX.c<=>XXXX.o and XXXX.o<=>XXXX.pyd)
How does a "--help-compilers" global option sound? (Kind of on the same level as "--help-commands".) It's a bit klugey, but I can't think of a better option offhand.
There are more options which could need such a list (bdist format), perhaps we should introduce something like --help-option XXXXX ( XXXXX = compiler,format,...) It could scan all commands for a option with this name and a more extensive description (string or Callable, which generates a string on the fly.) Kind regards Rene Liebscher diff -BurN --minimal --exclude=*.pyc distutils.orig/distutils/command/build_ext.py distutils.patched/distutils/command/build_ext.py --- distutils.orig/distutils/command/build_ext.py Thu May 25 03:10:04 2000 +++ distutils.patched/distutils/command/build_ext.py Thu May 25 18:47:24 2000 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from types import * from distutils.core import Command from distutils.errors import * - +from distutils.dep_util import newer_group # An extension name is just a dot-separated list of Python NAMEs (ie. # the same as a fully-qualified module name). @@ -285,7 +285,28 @@ "a list of source filenames") % extension_name sources = list (sources) - self.announce ("building '%s' extension" % extension_name) + fullname = self.get_ext_fullname (extension_name) + if self.inplace: + # ignore build-lib -- put the compiled extension into + # the source tree along with pure Python modules + + modpath = string.split (fullname, '.') + package = string.join (modpath[0:-1], '.') + base = modpath[-1] + + build_py = self.find_peer ('build_py') + package_dir = build_py.get_package_dir (package) + ext_filename = os.path.join (package_dir, + self.get_ext_filename(base)) + else: + ext_filename = os.path.join (self.build_lib, + self.get_ext_filename(fullname)) + + if not newer_group(sources,ext_filename,'newer'): + self.announce ("skipping '%s' extension (up-to-date)" % extension_name) + continue # 'for' loop over all extensions + else: + self.announce ("building '%s' extension" % extension_name) # First step: compile the source code to object files. This # drops the object files in the current directory, regardless @@ -356,23 +377,6 @@ extra_args.append ('/IMPLIB:' + implib_file) self.mkpath (os.path.dirname (implib_file)) # if MSVC - - fullname = self.get_ext_fullname (extension_name) - if self.inplace: - # ignore build-lib -- put the compiled extension into - # the source tree along with pure Python modules - - modpath = string.split (fullname, '.') - package = string.join (modpath[0:-1], '.') - base = modpath[-1] - - build_py = self.find_peer ('build_py') - package_dir = build_py.get_package_dir (package) - ext_filename = os.path.join (package_dir, - self.get_ext_filename(base)) - else: - ext_filename = os.path.join (self.build_lib, - self.get_ext_filename(fullname)) self.compiler.link_shared_object (objects, ext_filename, libraries=libraries,