On 10 September 2018 at 06:59, David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Our Makefile currently passes PYLIBFDT_objdir into setup.py in an attempt > to set the correct place to put the Python extension module output. But > that gets passed in the 'package_dir' map in distutils. > > But that's basically not what package_dir controls. What actually makes us > find the module in the right place is the --inplace passed to setup.py > (causing the module to go into the current directory), and the following > 'mv' in the Makefile to move it into the right final location. > > We can simplify setup.py by dropping the useless objdir stuff, and get the > module put in the right place straight way by instead using the --build-lib > setup.py option. > > Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > pylibfdt/Makefile.pylibfdt | 6 ++---- > pylibfdt/setup.py | 11 +++-------- > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
