Don't run "ranlib" if sysconfig's RANLIB (from Python's Makefile) starts
with ":".
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
index 0944461..5e1524c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
@@ -158,11 +158,13 @@
output_filename] +
objects + self.objects)
- # Not many Unices required ranlib anymore -- SunOS 4.x is,
- # I think the only major Unix that does. Probably should
- # have some platform intelligence here to skip ranlib if
- # it's not needed.
- self.spawn ([self.ranlib, output_filename])
+ # Not many Unices required ranlib anymore -- SunOS 4.x is, I
+ # think the only major Unix that does. Maybe we need some
+ # platform intelligence here to skip ranlib if it's not
+ # needed -- or maybe Python's configure script took care of
+ # it for us, hence the check for leading colon.
+ if self.ranlib[0] != ':':
+ self.spawn ([self.ranlib, output_filename])
else:
self.announce ("skipping %s (up-to-date)" % output_filename)