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

[Henry S. Thompson]

"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

> 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.

I meant a known problem for distutils specifically.

> > What's the recommended solution?
> 
> Distribute two RPMs: one for UCS2 builds and one for UCS4 builds.

I had figured _that_ much out for myself :-)

What I meant was, is there a generic approach in view for distutils in
general, e.g. by making provision in Extension for specifying a
Unicode dependency, which would in turn surface in the bdist name
and/or in an install-time test?

ht
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