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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py index c9e3062..7a39314 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py @@ -456,6 +456,17 @@ class build_ext (Command): debug=self.debug, extra_postargs=extra_args) + # XXX -- this is a Vile HACK! + # + # The setup.py script for Python on Unix needs to be able to + # get this list so it can perform all the clean up needed to + # avoid keeping object files around when cleaning out a failed + # build of an extension module. Since Distutils does not + # track dependencies, we have to get rid of intermediates to + # ensure all the intermediates will be properly re-built. + # + self._built_objects = objects[:] + # Now link the object files together into a "shared object" -- # of course, first we have to figure out all the other things # that go into the mix. |