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distutils adopted from CPython

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Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 35

Dominant language: Python
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Last GitHub push: Aug 6, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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Extension is unhashable since the dataclass conversion (#373) — breaks setup scripts that collect extensions in sets Open

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pypa/distutils#426 · Opened Aug 15, 2026
Issue / incorrect assumption with `distutils._modified.newer_pairwise` (always found as inexistant?) Open

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pypa/distutils#411 · Opened Jul 10, 2026
Remove cross-compiler conditional initialization Open

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pypa/distutils#410 · Opened Jul 5, 2026
Setuptools fails to build C extensions on z/OS when using ibm-clang compiler Open

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pypa/distutils#407 · Opened May 25, 2026
find_library_file doesn't handle openbsd shared library naming scheme Open

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pypa/distutils#396 · Opened Jan 22, 2026
[BUG] C++ shared library linking fails on Ubuntu: -shared flag stripped in transformation block Open

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pypa/distutils#388 · Opened Nov 25, 2025
Avoid passing `/EXPORT:PyInit_*` to MSVC for Python 3.15+ (PEP 793) Open

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pypa/distutils#387 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 25, 2025
Compiler Inconsistency During python-ibmdb Installation on AIX 7.1 vs AIX 7.3 Open

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pypa/distutils#380 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 31, 2025
[Feature Request] Zig as cross-platform UnixCompiler Open

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pypa/distutils#369 · Opened May 6, 2025
[Feature Request] Public interface for _msvccompiler._get_vc_env Open

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pypa/distutils#340 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 11, 2025
Possible inaccuracy in extension typespec Open

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pypa/distutils#326 · Opened Jan 20, 2025
Use typeguard for runtime input validation. Open

pypa/distutils#324 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 27, 2024
Replace boolean parameter with two methods. Open

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pypa/distutils#323 · Opened Dec 26, 2024
Using alternative compiler on windows Open

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pypa/distutils#321 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 8, 2024
Add proper Python licence and credits Open

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pypa/distutils#312 · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 9, 2024
Documented `set_python_build` function that is undefined? Open

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pypa/distutils#286 · Opened Aug 26, 2024
Tests crash on teardown using Python 3.13b2 Open

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pypa/distutils#261 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 26, 2024
AttributeError: module 'distutils' has no attribute 'dep_util'. Did you mean: 'dir_util'? -- however dep_util is included in distribution Open

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pypa/distutils#227 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 18, 2024
[BUG] Curly brackets in pathname on VMware virtualenv mess up build process Open

bug help wanted

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pypa/distutils#281 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 21, 2023
headers installed to a virtualenv are omitted from builds Open

bug help wanted Needs Triage

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pypa/distutils#212 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 13, 2023
Allow overriding SYSROOT for e.g. cross-compilation Open

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pypa/distutils#194 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 6, 2022
`CygwinCCompiler` is never used Open

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pypa/distutils#185 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 29, 2022
Better support of output directories Open

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pypa/distutils#175 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 21, 2022
MSVC & SDK dirs suddenly hidden from compiler.include_dirs Open

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pypa/distutils#174 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 21, 2022
Compiler-dependent tests fail on ARM on Windows Open

Windows

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pypa/distutils#167 · Opened Aug 6, 2022
Cygwin currently does not support --enable-new-dtags Open

enhancement

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pypa/distutils#171 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 26, 2022
UnixCCompiler.find_library_file should handle LIBRARY_PATH Open

help wanted

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pypa/distutils#156 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 2, 2022
[FR] Support os.PathLike objects Open

enhancement help wanted

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pypa/distutils#142 · 4 comments · Opened May 16, 2022
Use the ecosystem convention for naming directories Open

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pypa/distutils#141 · 2 comments · Opened May 10, 2022
Issue warnings for missing py_modules? Open

enhancement help wanted

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pypa/distutils#136 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 14, 2022
[FR] Switch Windows builds to use LLVM (opensource Apache 2.0) instead of Visual Studio modules - clang-cl.exe and lld-link.exe Open

enhancement Needs Triage

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pypa/distutils#154 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 7, 2022
Init file in stubs-only package Open

enhancement good first issue help wanted

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pypa/distutils#108 · 20 comments · Opened Jan 12, 2022
Cannot use path names containing dollar signs Open

bug deferred

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pypa/distutils#63 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 18, 2021
Should distutils rely on sysconfig for LDSHARED etc? Open

deferred enhancement

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pypa/distutils#40 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 25, 2021
In the command 'bdist_dumb' the short option '-d' is used twice Open

help wanted

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pypa/distutils#18 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 20, 2020

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