python-config breaks when symlinked to another location

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python, shell
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start with Misc/python-config.sh.in, the file identified by the issue, and reproduce the reported behavior after symlinking python-config to another location. Done means python-config continues to work correctly when invoked through that symlink; gh-156240 is already linked to the issue.

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Description

3.10 3.11 3.9 (EOL) build type-bug
BPO 34111
Nosy @tiran, @iritkatriel
Files
  • patch-Misc__python-config.sh.in
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2018-07-14.11:21:50.967>
labels = ['3.10', 'type-bug', '3.9', 'build', '3.11']
title = 'python-config breaks when symlinked to another location'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-09.08:02:36.043>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/tobik'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-12-09.08:02:36.043>
actor = 'christian.heimes'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Build']
creation = <Date 2018-07-14.11:21:50.967>
creator = 'tobik'
dependencies = []
files = ['47690']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 34111
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['321650', '408055', '408066', '408080']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['christian.heimes', 'tobik', 'iritkatriel']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue34111'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

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