Fixed bug #1628
The detection now works on Unix with Makefile, Makefile with VPATH and on Windows.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
index aead1a1..32b165f 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
# python_build: (Boolean) if true, we're either building Python or
# building an extension with an un-installed Python, so we use
# different (hard-wired) directories.
-python_build = os.path.isfile(os.path.join(project_base, "Modules",
- "Setup.local"))
+# Setup.local is available for Makefile builds including VPATH builds,
+# Setup.dist is available on Windows
+python_build = any(os.path.isfile(os.path.join(project_base, "Modules", fn))
+ for fn in ("Setup.dist", "Setup.local"))
def get_python_version():
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
index ef7c38b..770b7c3 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
def test_get_python_lib(self):
lib_dir = sysconfig.get_python_lib()
- # XXX doesn't work on Inux when Python was never installed before
+ # XXX doesn't work on Linux when Python was never installed before
#self.assert_(os.path.isdir(lib_dir), lib_dir)
# test for pythonxx.lib?