Convert "srcdir" into an absolute path if that seems prudent. Currrently
the only user of this is Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py (in order
to find the source for xxmodule.c). I'm not sure if other platforms
need similar tweaks, I'm not brave enough to attempt it without being
able to test.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
index deb51a1..4e06546 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -530,6 +530,20 @@
if 'srcdir' not in _config_vars:
_config_vars['srcdir'] = project_base
+ # Convert srcdir into an absolute path if it appears necessary.
+ # Normally it is relative to the build directory. However, during
+ # testing, for example, we might be running a non-installed python
+ # from a different directory.
+ if python_build and os.name == "posix":
+ base = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable))
+ if (not os.path.isabs(_config_vars['srcdir']) and
+ base != os.getcwd()):
+ # srcdir is relative and we are not in the same directory
+ # as the executable. Assume executable is in the build
+ # directory and make srcdir absolute.
+ srcdir = os.path.join(base, _config_vars['srcdir'])
+ _config_vars['srcdir'] = os.path.normpath(srcdir)
+
if sys.platform == 'darwin':
kernel_version = os.uname()[2] # Kernel version (8.4.3)
major_version = int(kernel_version.split('.')[0])