errors are ignored (apart from being reported to ``sys.stdout`` if *verbose* is
true).
-**\*\*** Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module? **\*\***
+.. XXX Some of this could be replaced with the shutil module?
:mod:`distutils.file_util` --- Single file operations
the "negative alias" of :option:`--verbose`, then :option:`--quiet` on the
command line sets *verbose* to false.
-**\*\*** Should be replaced with :mod:`optik` (which is also now known as
-:mod:`optparse` in Python 2.3 and later). **\*\***
+.. XXX Should be replaced with :mod:`optparse`.
.. function:: fancy_getopt(options, negative_opt, object, args)
Creating dumb built distributions
=================================
-**\*\*** Need to document absolute vs. prefix-relative packages here, but first
-I have to implement it! **\*\***
+.. XXX Need to document absolute vs. prefix-relative packages here, but first
+ I have to implement it!
.. _creating-rpms:
SWIG on the interface file and compile the resulting C/C++ file into your
extension.
-**\*\*** SWIG support is rough around the edges and largely untested! **\*\***
+.. XXX SWIG support is rough around the edges and largely untested!
This warning notwithstanding, options to SWIG can be currently passed like
this::
(Again, this sort of non-portable construct should be avoided if you intend to
distribute your code.)
-**\*\*** Should mention clib libraries here or somewhere else! **\*\***
+.. XXX Should mention clib libraries here or somewhere else!
Other options
:option:`packages` options
* all C source files mentioned in the :option:`ext_modules` or
- :option:`libraries` options (
+ :option:`libraries` options
- **\*\*** getting C library sources currently broken---no
- :meth:`get_source_files` method in :file:`build_clib.py`! **\*\***)
+ .. XXX Getting C library sources is currently broken -- no
+ :meth:`get_source_files` method in :file:`build_clib.py`!
* scripts identified by the :option:`scripts` option
See :ref:`distutils-installing-scripts`.