[Python-Dev] Did something change in Makefile.in or Modules/Makefile.pre.in?

[Guido van Rossum]

> Make distclean succeeded so I tried the following:
> 
>     make distclean
>     ./configure
>     make clean
> 
> but the last step still failed.  Any idea why make clean is now failing (for
> me)?  Can anyone else reproduce this problem?

Yes.  I don't understand it, but this takes care of it:

    make distclean
    ./configure
    make Makefiles		# <--------- !!!
    make clean

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