[Python-Dev] addressing distutils inability to track file dependencies
Martin v. Loewis
martin@v.loewis.de
13 Jun 2002 21:36:20 +0200
Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> writes:
> I wonder if it would be better to have distutils generate the appropriate
> type of makefile and execute that instead of directly building objects and
> shared libraries. This would finesse some of the dependency tracking
> problems that pop up frequently.
It was one of the design principles of distutils to not rely on any
other tools but Python and the C compiler.
Regards,
Martin