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Tag: makefile

wondering what this makefile means

So I was browsing repl.it and saw that someone made it possible to run firefox in the repl window. There was a file called Makefile and it had this code in it. I’m wondering what it means and where they are getting Firefox from. Then there is a python file called launch.py I’m genuinely curious where firefox is coming from

Run Makefile on pip install

I have some protocol buffer definitions which need to be built to Python source as part of the pip install process. I’ve subclassed the setuptools.command.install command in setup.py but I think it’s trying to run the Makefile after the package is installed so the sources aren’t recognised. I can’t find information about what happens during a pip installation. Can anyone

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