Re: [Distutils] Why using distutils.core.setup requires Python sources ?

At 03:59 PM 6/14/2006 +0200, Jérôme Bouat wrote:

I don't understand why distutils.core.setup needs Python sources (a missing Makefile on my distro).

I did not found in the mail archives.

Could you explain me ?

Because the Makefile contains configuration options for how Python was built, and these options are read by the distutils.