On Friday 29 September 2006 19:54, David Abrahams wrote:
> What the heck is this condition parameter supposed to
do?
There's no such parameter. Do you mean
'extra-lib-conditional' variable in
init-unix? If yes, commented as attached.
> There's no
> documentation at all, and the name really gives me no
clue as to what
> it's for. It appears to be gcc-specific?
If you mean the 'condition' parameter to init-unix, this is
meant to allow one
to specify specific condition under which the configured
version of Python
will be used. So that you can configure two python versions
which will be
used for different build properties, just like alternatives
mechanism allow.
I don't remember exactly why it was added, either building
32 and 64-bit
tests, or something like that.
>
> The same sort of bafflement goes for cygwin-condition
Originally meant so that you can configure Python
differently for cygwin and
native windows compilers. Essentially the same as condition
to 'init-unix',
but never tested.
- Volodya
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