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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:31:20 -0600
From: Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.ws>
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Subject: Generating a .pc file using distutils
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Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:19299

Is there some standard way to generate a .pc file (given a .pc.in or
similar) using distutils?

If there's not, is there a good way to access whatever the user passes
in as --prefix (besides parsing sys.argv yourself)?

Thanks,

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