[issue9171] sysconfig module does not support -m option

Éric Araujo added the comment: Note that my own preference would be to have the nice behavior in 2.7 too, but since it’s not a bug fix, I think it’s just too late. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue9171] sysconfig module does not support -m option

Éric Araujo added the comment: The behavior is here in 3.2 and the doc doesn’t mention it in 2.7. Closing. -- resolution: accepted -> fixed stage: needs patch -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue9171] sysconfig module does not support -m option

Éric Araujo added the comment: Found: r81513 Made sysconfig a script that displays useful information - #8770 -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue9171] sysconfig module does not support -m option

Giampaolo Rodola' added the comment: Remove the statement from the doc for now and get it back along a module fix in 2.7.1: can it be a reasonable solution? -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue9171] sysconfig module does not support -m option

Éric Araujo added the comment: Nice catch. I found nothing in the VCS log, nor in distutils2._backport.sysconfig, so it doesn’t seem to have been removed but just overlooked. -- assignee: -> tarek components: +Library (Lib) keywords: +easy nosy: +merwok -tarek-ziade resolution: -> a

[issue9171] sysconfig module does not support -m option

New submission from Giampaolo Rodola' : http://docs.python.org/dev/library/sysconfig.html#using-sysconfig-as-a-script The doc states that sysconfig module con be used with python's -m option but this doesn't work: giampa...@ubuntu:~/svn/python-2.7$ python -m sysconfig giampa...@ubuntu:~/svn/py