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There is a problem with the current implementation. When running ./configure using compilers other than a current gcc, for example, when using clang or older versions of gcc, the build variable MULTIARCH may not get set because those compilers do not support --print-multiarch:
configure.ac:744
MULTIARCH=$($CC --print-multiarch 2>/dev/null)
But, a bit later in ./configure, PLATFORM_TRIPLET gets set as a result of running conftest.c. The end result is that PLATFORM_TRIPET is non-empty but MULTIARCH is empty. Still later in configure.ac (around 4477:
if test x$PLATFORM_TRIPLET = x; then
 LIBPL='$(prefix)'"/lib/python${VERSION}/config-${LDVERSION}"
else
 LIBPL='$(prefix)'"/lib/python${VERSION}/config-${LDVERSION}-${PLATFORM_TRIPLET}"
fi
So, the value of LIBPL is extended to include PLATFORM_TRIPLET regardless of whether MULTIARCH has a value.
This causes problems at runtime because get_makefile_filename() in Lib/sysconfig.py now uses the value of sys.implemntation's _multiarch attribute (whose value is compiled in sysmodule.c from MULTIARCH) to form the path to the config directory (the equivalent of LIBPL). In these cases, sys.implementation will have no_multiarch attribute so sysconfig looks for the config directory in the pre-3.6 location (e.g. .../lib/python3.6/config-3.6m) even though it was installed in the new location (.../lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-darwin). Fortunately, both test_sysconfig and test_distutils catch this:
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FAIL: test_srcdir (test.test_sysconfig.TestSysConfig)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/py/dev/3x/root/uxd/lib/python3.6/test/test_sysconfig.py", line 346, in test_srcdir
 self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(srcdir), srcdir)
AssertionError: False is not true : /py/dev/3x/root/uxd/lib/python3.6/config-3.6dm
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FAIL: test_get_makefile_filename (test.test_sysconfig.MakefileTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/py/dev/3x/root/uxd/lib/python3.6/test/test_sysconfig.py", line 414, in test_get_makefile_filename
 self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(makefile), makefile)
AssertionError: False is not true : /py/dev/3x/root/uxd/lib/python3.6/config-3.6dm/Makefile
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FAIL: test_srcdir (distutils.tests.test_sysconfig.SysconfigTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/py/dev/3x/root/uxd/lib/python3.6/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py", line 61, in test_srcdir
 self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir(srcdir), srcdir)
AssertionError: False is not true : /py/dev/3x/root/uxd/lib/python3.6/config-3.6dm
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I'm not sure what the best solution is.