Pass the full pathname to MSVC when compiling a debug version. This
allows the debugger to find the source without asking the user to
browse for it.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
index 79a4901..73cd442 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py
@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@
else:
self.mkpath (os.path.dirname (obj))
+ if debug:
+ # pass the full pathname to MSVC in debug mode,
+ # this allows the debugger to find the source file
+ # without asking the user to browse for it
+ src = os.path.abspath(src)
+
if ext in self._c_extensions:
input_opt = "/Tc" + src
elif ext in self._cpp_extensions: