[Python-Dev] BUILDEXE erroneously empty on 2.2.2 for Mac OS X?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Skip> I think the build worked fine for me back in October (at least I
    Skip> don't remember having to execute "make BUILDEXE=.exe".  It seems
    Skip> something changed in the intervening time.

    Michael> Hmm.  Looking at CVS suggests that 2.2 sets BUILDEXE correctly
    Michael> if you are building in-tree, but not out of tree.  Could that
    Michael> be the difference?

    Jack> Ah, that's the problem! Building out-of-tree doesn't work on the
    Jack> 2.2.X branch.

    Jack> This was in patch #557719, which was checked in as Makefile.pre.in
    Jack> 1.86.

I backported just the tiny bit necessary to get BUILDEXE set properly.
Thanks for the clues.

Skip