merge 3.6 (#1703178)

Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py

@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class build_ext(Command):
             self.include_dirs.append(plat_py_include)
 
         self.ensure_string_list('libraries')
+        self.ensure_string_list('link_objects')
 
         # Life is easier if we're not forever checking for None, so
         # simplify these options to empty lists if unset

Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py

@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ class BuildExtTestCase(TempdirManager,
         cmd.finalize_options()
         self.assertEqual(cmd.rpath, ['one', 'two'])
 
+        # make sure cmd.link_objects is turned into a list
+        # if it's a string
+        cmd = build_ext(dist)
+        cmd.link_objects = 'one two,three'
+        cmd.finalize_options()
+        self.assertEqual(cmd.link_objects, ['one', 'two', 'three'])
+
         # XXX more tests to perform for win32
 
         # make sure define is turned into 2-tuples

Misc/NEWS

@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ Library
   pickling and text representation purposes. Patch by Emanuel Barry and
   Serhiy Storchaka.
 
+- Issue #1703178: Fix the ability to pass the --link-objects option to the
+  distutils build_ext command.
+
 - Issue #28019: itertools.count() no longer rounds non-integer step in range
   between 1.0 and 2.0 to 1.