From 9ae7c3c9a5e42a2b856090978387e5036e4a4b86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Ward Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 01:44:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the directory separatory for include dir and library dir lists. --- Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py index 76da00476c7..f880a7a8d5a 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class build_ext (Command): # takes care of both command-line and client options # in between initialize_options() and finalize_options()) + sep_by = " (separated by '%s')" % os.pathsep user_options = [ ('build-lib=', 'b', "directory for compiled extension modules"), @@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class build_ext (Command): "ignore build-lib and put compiled extensions into the source " + "directory alongside your pure Python modules"), ('include-dirs=', 'I', - "list of directories to search for header files"), + "list of directories to search for header files" + sep_by), ('define=', 'D', "C preprocessor macros to define"), ('undef=', 'U', @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class build_ext (Command): ('libraries=', 'l', "external C libraries to link with"), ('library-dirs=', 'L', - "directories to search for external C libraries"), + "directories to search for external C libraries" + sep_by), ('rpath=', 'R', "directories to search for shared C libraries at runtime"), ('link-objects=', 'O',