[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-517451 ] Option processing in setup.cfg

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Bugs item #517451, was opened at 2002-02-14 03:33
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Category: Distutils
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Konrad Hinsen (hinsen)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Option processing in setup.cfg

Initial Comment:
When building RPM files with distutils, I noticed that adding "use_rpm_opt_flags=0" to the file setup.cfg had no effect, although the equivalent command-line option --no-rpm-opt-flags works as advertised.

Some debugging showed the reason: in the first case, the variable self.use_rpm_opt_flags in commands/bdist_rpm.py has the value '0' (string), whereas in the second case it is 0 (integer). The test "if self.use_rpm_opt_flags" does not work as expected if the variable is a string, of course.

I suppose that individual commands should not have to worry about the data type of binary options, so I suspect this is a general bug in distutils option processing.


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