Add function to get per package build directory when building with scons in

distutils.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/scons.py b/numpy/distutils/command/scons.py
index 898e013e0..a4768248e 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/command/scons.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/command/scons.py
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ def get_scons_build_dir():
     from numscons import get_scons_build_dir
     return get_scons_build_dir()
 
+def get_scons_pkg_build_dir(pkg):
+    """Return the build directory for the given package (foo.bar).
+
+    The path is relative to the top setup.py"""
+    from numscons.core.utils import pkg_to_path
+    return pjoin(get_scons_build_dir(), pkg_to_path(pkg))
+
 def get_scons_configres_dir():
     """Return the top path where everything produced by scons will be put.