[issue6145] distutils.extension.read_setup_file misinterprets -C switch

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[issue6145] distutils.extension.read_setup_file misinterprets -C switch

Changes by Mark Lawrence : -- versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.5 -Python 3.1, Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mai

[issue6145] distutils.extension.read_setup_file misinterprets -C switch

Tarek Ziadé added the comment: Thanks for the patch. I need to look at how read_setup_file is actually used in the community, then apply the patch in consequence. -- type: -> behavior versions: -Python 2.4, Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 3.0 ___

[issue6145] distutils.extension.read_setup_file misinterprets -C switch

New submission from Lorenz Quack : I'm not sure if this is a bug or some weird backward-compatible behaviour... In "distutil.extension.read_setup_file" it checks for the "-C" switch but then appends "word" instead of "value" So if you pass "-C-Wall" it actually passes exactly that to the compile