In the command 'bdist_dumb' the short option '-d' is used twice
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Description
Issue was originally filed for CPython here:
In the 'distutils' command 'bdist_dumb', the short option 'd' is used
for both the 'bdist-dir' and 'dist-dir' options.The bdist-dir option appeared first on 2000-05-13 in commit:
ba0506bThe dist-dir option appeared then on 2000-07-05 in commit:
c4eb84aThere appears to have been no version released between these two
commits, so most likely the global behaviour of the command has
stayed consistent.The short option d actually triggers the dist-dir option, not the
bdist-dir option.It is therefore safe to change the short option for bdist-dir. A
choice consistent with other similar distutils commands is 'b'.
And the originally suggested fix is here:
Is it something that is still worth fixing?
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Research direction
Start at the distutils bdist_dumb command entry point and inspect how the bdist-dir and dist-dir options assign their short names. Use the linked CPython issue and pull request for context; done means bdist-dir uses the proposed distinct short option while the existing dist-dir behavior remains unchanged.
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- python
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- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
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