[Python-Dev] extension module .o files wind up in the wrong place

[Michael Hudson]

Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> writes:

> I don't have time to look into this right now.  I only just noticed it while
> I was trying to do parallel builds in build.dbg and build.opt directories.
> The debug .o files got written first, so when the optimized make came along,
> there were already .o files, which had been compiled with --with-pydebug,
> got linked improperly.

Ah, this would be why I couldn't build a debug python on my iBook, then.

If this is Jack's fault, as Martin suggests, we should bully him until
he fixes it!

Cheers,
M.

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