[Python-Dev] packaging/bootstrap issue

[Anthony Baxter]

This is from bug www.python.org/sf/1465408

Because the Python.asdl and the generated Python-ast.[ch] get checked 
into svn in the same revision, the svn export I use to build the 
tarballs sets them all to the same timestamp on disk (the timestamp 
of the checkin). "make" then attempts to rebuild the ast files - this 
requires a python executable. Can you see the bootstrap problem? 

To "fix" this, I'm going to make the "welease" script that does the 
releases touch the ast files to set their timestamps newer than that 
of Python.asdl. It's not an ideal solution, but it should fix the 
problem. The other option would be some special Makefile magic that 
detects this case and doesn't rebuild the files if no "python" binary 
can be found. I have no idea how you'd do this in a portable way. 

Anyone got other options?

Anthony
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