[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

Gregory P. Smith added the comment: `Misc/python-config.in` ultimately becomes a Python script that prints things to stdout. It isn't written to be a module as is. Any work to make it one is effectively writing entirely new code to do what it does. To keep a single source of truth for

[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

Joannah Nanjekye added the comment: Yes, this was also proposed here: https://bugs.python.org/issue11602 -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

Petr Viktorin added the comment: It seems it could be moved to sysconfig itself -- the CLI options from python-config would fit there nicely. -- nosy: +petr.viktorin ___ Python tracker

[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

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[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

Joannah Nanjekye added the comment: I posted on Python-dev (not sure if it will help), I wanted to do this in 2019 but looks like there is still no consensus yet. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

hai shi added the comment: En, looks like just only makefile would call python-config.py. IMHO, if no out user call this script, looks it move to stdlib would be better. -- nosy: +shihai1991 ___ Python tracker

[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

Matthias Klose added the comment: what are the situations where the path for python and python-config is different? This proposal doesn't say anything how to retrieve the correct information for cross builds using this module. From my point of view, python-config should stay outside the

[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

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[issue33439] python-config.py should be part of the stdlib

New submission from Antoine Pitrou : Rather than (or in addition to) being a standalone script, python-config should be invokable as a stdlib module, e.g. "python -m sysconfig.config". This would prevent the risk of invoking the wrong script on PATH. -- components: