Setting absolute paths for C source code files in setup.py breaks bdist_rpm ext_modules=[Extension('foo', [os.path.abspath('src/foo.c')])], results in bdist_rpm not including src/foo.c in the RPM, however ext_modules=[Extension('foo', ['src/foo.c'])], works just fine.
Examples in the documentation only use relative paths, so in my opinion the bug here is the silent failure. Do absolute paths work for sdist or other bdists?
I'm still ironing out the crinkles, but this has been working for sdist build (/install) bdist_dumb unfortunately I don't have access to a Windows machine to test the other two. A non-silent warning/error would keep me happy.
I started to work on a simple patch but it makes one of our tests fail. It uses absolute paths because it needs to change directory and check that get_outputs works.
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2022-04-11 14:57:04
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status: open -> closednosy: + steve.dowermessages: + resolution: out of datestage: needs patch -> resolved
