use _sysconfigdata to itinialize distutils.sysconfig

[doko42]

BPO	21272
Nosy	@warsaw, @doko42, @merwok, @haubi, @dstufft
Files	distutils-init.diff

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2016-06-04.23:18:23.141>
created_at = <Date 2014-04-16.22:12:08.390>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'use _sysconfigdata to itinialize distutils.sysconfig'
updated_at = <Date 2017-01-24.00:49:45.130>
user = 'https://github.com/doko42'

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closed_date = <Date 2016-06-04.23:18:23.141>
closer = 'doko'
components = ['Distutils']
creation = <Date 2014-04-16.22:12:08.390>
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issue_num = 21272
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue21272'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

[doko42]

distutils/sysconfig still parses the Makefile and config header; it should use the same approach now as the toplevel sysconfig module.

[warsaw]

On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:12 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:

distutils/sysconfig still parses the Makefile and config header; it should
use the same approach now as the toplevel sysconfig module.

Why do we still have two sysconfig modules?

[merwok]

Because removing distutils.sysconfig would break things.

[Arfrever]

Maybe distutils.sysconfig could become a small wrapper around sysconfig?

[merwok]

Sure. The API is slightly different, but the data should be the same, so this can be done.

[merwok]

doko’s patch is actually conservative, not changing the query functions of distutils.sysconfig but only the _init_posix function, which just defines a global dict. It looks quite safe to me.

[python-dev]

New changeset 3fa8aebed636 by doko in branch 'default':

• Issue bpo-21272: Use _sysconfigdata.py to initialize distutils.sysconfig.
  https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/3fa8aebed636