Fixed bug #1613: Makefile's VPATH feature is broken

Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if os.name == "nt" and "pcbuild" in project_base[-8:].lower():
 # building an extension with an un-installed Python, so we use
 # different (hard-wired) directories.
 python_build = os.path.isfile(os.path.join(project_base, "Modules",
-                                           "Setup.dist"))
+                                           "Setup.local"))
 
 
 def get_python_version():

README

@@ -1157,6 +1157,9 @@ fancy you can change the rules to create an empty Setup.local if it
 doesn't exist and run it with arguments $(srcdir)/Setup Setup.local;
 however this assumes that you only need to add modules.)
 
+Also note that you can't use a workspace for VPATH and non VPATH builds. The
+object files left behind by one version confuses the other.
+
 
 Building on non-UNIX systems
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