Fix test_build_ext.py to work when building in a separate directory.

Since "srcdir" should now be defined on all platforms, use it to
find the module source.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
index 31b8b48..b268820 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ from distutils import sysconfig
 import unittest
 from test import test_support
 
+def _get_source_filename():
+    srcdir = sysconfig.get_config_var('srcdir')
+    return os.path.join(srcdir, 'Modules', 'xxmodule.c')
+
 class BuildExtTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         # Create a simple test environment
@@ -18,9 +22,7 @@ class BuildExtTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="pythontest_")
         self.sys_path = sys.path[:]
         sys.path.append(self.tmp_dir)
-
-        xx_c = os.path.join(sysconfig.project_base, 'Modules', 'xxmodule.c')
-        shutil.copy(xx_c, self.tmp_dir)
+        shutil.copy(_get_source_filename(), self.tmp_dir)
 
     def test_build_ext(self):
         xx_c = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, 'xxmodule.c')
@@ -66,9 +68,11 @@ class BuildExtTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         shutil.rmtree(self.tmp_dir, os.name == 'nt' or sys.platform == 'cygwin')
 
 def test_suite():
-    if not sysconfig.python_build:
+    src = _get_source_filename()
+    if not os.path.exists(src):
         if test_support.verbose:
-            print 'test_build_ext: The test must be run in a python build dir'
+            print ('test_build_ext: Cannot find source code (test'
+                   ' must run in python build dir)')
         return unittest.TestSuite()
     else: return unittest.makeSuite(BuildExtTestCase)