# Configure Python — Compiler flags

> CFLAGS_NODIST is used for building the interpreter and stdlib C extensions.

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CFLAGS_NODIST is used for building the interpreter and stdlib C extensions. Use it when a compiler flag should not be part of CFLAGS once Python is installed (65320).

In particular, CFLAGS should not contain

the compiler flag -I (for setting the search path for include files). The -I flags are processed from left to right, and any flags in CFLAGS would take precedence over user- and package-supplied -I flags.

hardening flags such as -Werror because distributions cannot control whether packages installed by users conform to such heightened standards.

Options passed to the compileall command line when building PYC files in make install. Default: -j0.

Value of CFLAGS variable passed to the ./configure script.

Value of CFLAGS_NODIST variable passed to the ./configure script.

Strict or non-strict aliasing flags used to compile Python/dtoa.c.

Flags used to compile Python/ceval.c.

Compiler flags used to build a shared library.

For example, -fPIC is used on Linux and on BSD.

Extra C flags added for building the interpreter object files.

Default: $(CCSHARED) when --enable-shared is used, or an empty string otherwise.

Default: $(BASECFLAGS) $(OPT) $(CONFIGURE_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS).

Default: $(CONFIGURE_CFLAGS_NODIST) $(CFLAGS_NODIST) -I$(srcdir)/Include/internal.

C flags used for building the interpreter object files.

Default: $(PY_CFLAGS) $(PY_CFLAGS_NODIST) $(PY_CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGSFORSHARED).

Default: $(PY_STDMODULE_CFLAGS) -DPy_BUILD_CORE.

Compiler flags to build a standard library extension module as a built-in module, like the posix module.

Default: $(PY_STDMODULE_CFLAGS) -DPy_BUILD_CORE_BUILTIN.

Purify command. Purify is a memory debugger program.

Default: empty string (not used).

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