[Python-Dev] possible distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var bug

Thu Mar 29 16:31:20 CEST 2012

If you could, Jordan, please file a bug at bugs.python.org so the
discussion can happen there and be tracked better.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 03:06, Jordan Schneider <jbschne at umich.edu> wrote:
> Hi python-dev,
>> Sorry if this is the wrong place to discuss this potential bug - feel free
> to point me in the right direction if so.
>> I'm running OS X 10.7.3, and have two python2.7s installed, one system
> default in /usr/bin and the other by homebrew symlinked in /usr/local/bin.
>> While running a configure script, distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var is
> not returing a full path for my homebrew Python framework, like so:
>> Python 2.7.2 (default, Mar 28 2012, 02:31:16)
> [GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336100)] on
> darwin
> >>> distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('LINKFORSHARED')
> '-u _PyMac_Error Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python'
>> (the full path should be
> /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python)
>>> Whereas from the system python in /usr/bin:
>> Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Jul 31 2011, 19:30:53)
> [GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 23351500)] on
> darwin
> >>> distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('LINKFORSHARED')
> '-u _PyMac_Error
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python'
>> This seems like a bug, no?
>> Thanks for the help,
> Jordan
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