[New-bugs-announce] [issue17512] backport of the _sysconfigdata.py module (issue 13150) breaks the build on darwin

[Matthias Klose]

New submission from Matthias Klose:

The backport of #13150 to the 2.7 branch breaks the build on darwin. There is a special case for providing the _sysconfigdata module in _generate_posix_vars before get_platform is called (darwin only) and before the module is actually written.

However get_platform is called before, in site.addbuilddir(). Wondering if this call can either be avoided, or worked around.

options:

- backport issue586680 too (http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4742e7aea2f5/)
- fall back to generic values for osname, release, machine

any other options?

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assignee: doko
components: Build
messages: 184919
nosy: benjamin.peterson, doko, ronaldoussoren
priority: release blocker
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: backport of the _sysconfigdata.py module (issue 13150) breaks the build on darwin
versions: Python 2.7

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