Message 145458 - Python tracker
> Since #9878 proposes an *alternate* solution to *part* of the > sysconfig problem, I disagree with 'supersede'. It’s also an older issue. > A Python solution would be more useful for other implementations > if enough of the sysconfig info is not CPython specific. That’s the point: the info currently parsed at runtime by sysconfig is specific to CPython (Makefile and pyconfig.h), so adding a CPython-specific C module was thought the way to go.