[Distutils] specifying headers for an extension

Thomas Heller thomas.heller@ion-tof.com
Thu Mar 21 06:17:01 2002


> 
> When building an extension, how do I specify that some C header files
> should be considered part of the sources for the purpose of dependency
> checking?  I can't include them with the list of C files:
> 
> running build_ext
> building '_datetime' extension
> error: unknown file type '.h' (from 'datetime.h')
> make: *** [_datetime.so] Error 1
> 
> and just specifying their location isn't the right thing either.  I
> want the .o file to be re-built if the header changes.
> 
> I didn't see anything about this in the docs.  If someone can point me
> in the right direction, I can update the docs so others can find this
> information.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
>   -Fred

I've uplaoded a patch:

http://python.org/sf/533008

Thomas