Googling "XML_RESULTS Cython" revealed: https://github.com/cython/cython/blob/master/Cython/Build/Dependencies.py#L1120
>From which parts of the relevant code in sage's setup.py also appears to have been borrowed. It appears to be an undocumented (?) feature which writes out results of Cython compilation in something resembling JUnit format. Why, I don't know. Unless anyone on this mailing list can say they use it, I'd propose to just remove it. On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:33 PM Jeroen Demeyer <j.deme...@ugent.be> wrote: > > Does anybody have any idea what is the purpose of > > compile_result_dir = os.environ['XML_RESULTS'] > > in src/setup.py? > > It was introduced in https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/9828 in a ticket > about upgrading Cython but without explanation... > > > Jeroen. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.