[issue9322] bdist_rpm ext_modules absolute source path fail

Dan OD added the comment: I'm still ironing out the crinkles, but this has been working for sdist build (/install) bdist_dumb unfortunately I don't have access to a Windows machine to test the other two. A non-silent warning/error would keep me happy. --

[issue9322] bdist_rpm ext_modules absolute source path fail

Éric Araujo added the comment: Examples in the documentation only use relative paths, so in my opinion the bug here is the silent failure. Do absolute paths work for sdist or other bdists? -- nosy: +merwok ___ Python tracker

[issue9322] bdist_rpm ext_modules absolute source path fail

New submission from Dan OD : Setting absolute paths for C source code files in setup.py breaks bdist_rpm ext_modules=[Extension('foo', [os.path.abspath('src/foo.c')])], results in bdist_rpm not including src/foo.c in the RPM, however ext_modules=[Extension('foo', ['src/foo.c'])], works just f