2003-08-05 07:34:43

Return the directory, relative to the top of the source distribution, where package 'package' should be found.

['force', 'compile']
'build_tests'
'build test files'
{'no-compile': 'compile'}
[('build-dir=', 'd', 'directory to "build" (copy) to'), ('force', 'f', 'forcibly build everything (ignore file timestamps)'), ('compile', 'c', 'compile .py to .pyc'), ('no-compile', None, "don't compile .py files [default]"), ('optimize=', 'O', 'also compile with optimization: -O1 for "python ...r "python -OO", and -O0 to disable [default: -O0]')]
(<type 'str'>, <type 'unicode'>)