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diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst index 791d3ad..0052000 100644 --- a/Doc/using/configure.rst +++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst @@ -43,6 +43,29 @@ See also :pep:`7` "Style Guide for C Code" and :pep:`11` "CPython platform support". +Generated files +=============== + +To reduce build dependencies, Python source code contains multiple generated +files. Commands to regenerate all generated files:: + + make regen-all + make regen-stdlib-module-names + make regen-limited-abi + make regen-configure + +The ``Makefile.pre.in`` file documents generated files, their inputs, and tools used +to regenerate them. Search for ``regen-*`` make targets. + +The ``make regen-configure`` command runs `tiran/cpython_autoconf +<https://github.com/tiran/cpython_autoconf>`_ container for reproducible build; +see container ``entry.sh`` script. The container is optional, the following +command can be run locally, the generated files depend on autoconf and aclocal +versions:: + + autoreconf -ivf -Werror + + .. _configure-options: Configure Options |