pymake Explained =============== pymake is a Python module/script for converting a Setup file into a rather barebones but functional Makefile. pymake differs from makesetup in that it relies only on a Setup file, not on Makefile.pre or any other such template files (plus pymake is written in python, not sh :) I expect pymake to be useful when compiling dynamically loaded third-party modules distributed with Setup files. pymake allows one to delete a Python build tree yet still compile such modules without much/any Makefile hacking. If you are not building a dynamically loaded module, then you will need the Python build tree anyway and pymake will not be of any/much use to you. How to use pymake ================== pymake may be used either as a script or as a module (although I haven't tried the latter). Usage: pymake.py [ []] Setup defaults to `Setup' Makefile defaults to stdout How to Modify pymake ==================== If you want to change the output of pymake, you should look at the doc strings and possibly the comments in the code. edition $Revision: 1.1 $ for pymake version 1.8 michael shiplett