distutils: fix build_ext check to find whether we're building Python or not The build_ext logic uses sys.executable.startswith(os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "bin")) to determine whether we're building a third-party Python extension, or a built-in Python extension. However, this check is wrong in cross-compilation mode, and instead, the sysconfig.python_build variable should be used. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Index: b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py =================================================================== --- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ # Python's library directory must be appended to library_dirs # See Issues: #1600860, #4366 if (sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')): - if sys.executable.startswith(os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "bin")): + if not sysconfig.python_build: # building third party extensions self.library_dirs.append(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR')) else: