[Distutils] UCS-2/4 conflicts in distutils-produced RPM

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Henry S. Thompson wrote:
> I've just hit a major pblm with a package I distribute which includes
> extension code which in turn uses Unicode functions -- it fails if the
> UCS2/UCS4 build state of the source/target are not the same.  I've
> checked the archives and can't see anything about this -- is this a
> known problem? 

Yes. See the Python FAQ.

> What's the recommended solution?

Distribute two RPMs: one for UCS2 builds and one for UCS4 builds.

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