[issue18255] CPython setup.py problems

[Ronald Oussoren]

New submission from Ronald Oussoren:

While working on a fix for #18211 I noticed two problems with the setup.py that's used to build the stdlib extensions.

1) setup.py uses sysconfig instead of distutils.sysconfig. The sematics of the two modules a slighty different.

2) The block of code starting with the this text is not necessary because distutils.sysconfig (which is used by the build_ext command) already does the right thing for environment variables:


        # When you run "make CC=altcc" or something similar, you really want
        # those environment variables passed into the setup.py phase.  Here's
        # a small set of useful ones.

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components: Build
files: setup-update.txt
messages: 191406
nosy: ronaldoussoren
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: CPython setup.py problems
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file30640/setup-update.txt

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