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r73341 | tarek.ziade | 2009-06-11 10:12:20 +0200 (Thu, 11 Jun 2009) | 1 line
Fixed #5201: now distutils.sysconfig.parse_makefile() understands '53264' in Makefiles
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Library
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+- Issue #5201: distutils.sysconfig.parse_makefile() now understands `$$`
+ in Makefiles. This prevents compile errors when using syntax like:
+ `LDFLAGS='-rpath=\$$LIB:/some/other/path'`. Patch by Floris Bruynooghe.
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- Issue #6062: In distutils, fixed the package option of build_ext. Feedback
and tests on pywin32 by Tim Golden.