Issue #2513: enable 64bit cross compilation on windows.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build.py
index bca031f..7462e93 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
import sys, os
from distutils.core import Command
+from distutils.errors import DistutilsOptionError
from distutils.util import get_platform
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@
"build directory for scripts"),
('build-temp=', 't',
"temporary build directory"),
+ ('plat-name=', 'p',
+ "platform name to build for, if supported "
+ "(default: %s)" % get_platform()),
('compiler=', 'c',
"specify the compiler type"),
('debug', 'g',
@@ -61,13 +65,25 @@
self.build_temp = None
self.build_scripts = None
self.compiler = None
+ self.plat_name = None
self.debug = None
self.force = 0
self.executable = None
def finalize_options (self):
- plat_specifier = ".%s-%s" % (get_platform(), sys.version[0:3])
+ if self.plat_name is None:
+ self.plat_name = get_platform()
+ else:
+ # plat-name only supported for windows (other platforms are
+ # supported via ./configure flags, if at all). Avoid misleading
+ # other platforms.
+ if os.name != 'nt':
+ raise DistutilsOptionError(
+ "--plat-name only supported on Windows (try "
+ "using './configure --help' on your platform)")
+
+ plat_specifier = ".%s-%s" % (self.plat_name, sys.version[0:3])
# Make it so Python 2.x and Python 2.x with --with-pydebug don't
# share the same build directories. Doing so confuses the build