Support debugging b2 from setup.py

arvidn · Dec 7, 2020 · 11c82f0 · 11c82f0
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diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+import distutils.debug
 import os
 import pathlib
 import platform
@@ -149,6 +150,11 @@ def build_extension_with_b2(self):
 
         args = []
 
+        if distutils.debug.DEBUG:
+            args.append("--debug-configuration")
+            args.append("--debug-building")
+            args.append("--debug-generators")
+
         variant = "debug" if self.debug else "release"
         args.append(variant)
         bits = 64 if sys.maxsize > 2 ** 32 else 32