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authorÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2012-02-10 04:31:28 (GMT)
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distutils 2.7’s Extension does not support optional (#13865).
Reported by Miki Tebeka.
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@@ -334,10 +334,6 @@ Other options
There are still some other options which can be used to handle special cases.
-The :option:`optional` option is a boolean; if it is true,
-a build failure in the extension will not abort the build process, but
-instead simply not install the failing extension.
-
The :option:`extra_objects` option is a list of object files to be passed to the
linker. These files must not have extensions, as the default extension for the
compiler is used.