Re: [Python-Dev] buildtime vs runtime in Distutils

http://bugs.python.org/issue4359 reminds me that Distutils reads build files like Makefile or pyconfig.h to get some environment variables through the sysconfig module at *runtime*.

This cannot work on all platforms, when our Makefile is not shipped with python but python-devel. (like Fedora)

I don't see a problem with that: you'll need the python-devel package *anyway* when running distutils, for many packages. Regards, Martin