[issue28833] cross compilation of third-party extension modules

[Matthias Klose]

Matthias Klose added the comment:

> Hum, you still need to provide the native python interpreter
> with the _path_ to the <target>-python-config executable that
> can be anywhere on the file system

No, it's found in the same path. No contradiction.

> So I suggest we start with this patch as it works for:

Please do not.

> Then we can later extend the semantics of XBUILD_PYTHON_DIR

Again, I think that's the wrong way to go rely on any path as the primary id for the target, then "extending" on it makes it worse.

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