Add a new definition to Extension objects: depends.
depends is a list of files that the target depends, but aren't direct
sources of the target. think .h files.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
index d8f3dc8..21dd0dc 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@
ext_filename = os.path.join(self.build_lib,
self.get_ext_filename(fullname))
- if not (self.force or newer_group(sources, ext_filename, 'newer')):
+ depends = sources + ext.depends
+ if not (self.force or newer_group(depends, ext_filename, 'newer')):
log.debug("skipping '%s' extension (up-to-date)", ext.name)
return
else:
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/extension.py b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
index 3737712..d73bb08 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/extension.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/extension.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
used on all platforms, and not generally necessary for Python
extensions, which typically export exactly one symbol: "init" +
extension_name.
+ depends : [string]
+ list of files that the extension depends on
"""
def __init__ (self, name, sources,
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@
extra_compile_args=None,
extra_link_args=None,
export_symbols=None,
+ depends=None,
):
assert type(name) is StringType, "'name' must be a string"
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@
self.extra_compile_args = extra_compile_args or []
self.extra_link_args = extra_link_args or []
self.export_symbols = export_symbols or []
+ self.depends = depends or []
# class Extension