Distutils should tell swig to create it's C wrapper file into the temporary directory (eg. build/temp.linux-i686-2.5) and to write the language specific files to the library directory (eg. build/lib.linux-i686-2.5). Rationale: Without the language specific files, python swig extensions won't be able to run, so they should definetly be distributed by distutils. The wrapper files are build by-products and should therefore be in the temporary directory, so they get cleaned up on "setup.py clean".
Distutils is now deprecated (see PEP 632) and all tagged issues are being closed. From now until removal, only release blocking issues will be considered for distutils. If this issue does not relate to distutils, please remove the component and reopen it. If you believe it still requires a fix, most likely the issue should be re-reported at https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
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2022-04-11 14:56:33
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status: open -> closednosy: + steve.dowermessages: + resolution: out of datestage: resolved