bpo-30492: Allow make clinic to work out of tree. (#1836)

* bpo-30492: Allow make clinic to work out of tree.

* Use os.curdir instead of "." as the default value.

Author: gpshead

Makefile.pre.in

@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ coverage-report: regen-grammar regen-importlib
 # (depends on python having already been built)
 .PHONY=clinic
 clinic: $(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Modules/_blake2/blake2s_impl.c
-	$(RUNSHARED) $(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) ./Tools/clinic/clinic.py --make
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/Tools/clinic/clinic.py --make --srcdir $(srcdir)
 
 # Build the interpreter
 $(BUILDPYTHON):	Programs/python.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY) $(PY3LIBRARY)

Tools/clinic/clinic.py

@@ -4335,7 +4335,10 @@ def main(argv):
     cmdline.add_argument("-o", "--output", type=str)
     cmdline.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action='store_true')
     cmdline.add_argument("--converters", action='store_true')
-    cmdline.add_argument("--make", action='store_true')
+    cmdline.add_argument("--make", action='store_true',
+                         help="Walk --srcdir to run over all relevant files.")
+    cmdline.add_argument("--srcdir", type=str, default=os.curdir,
+                         help="The directory tree to walk in --make mode.")
     cmdline.add_argument("filename", type=str, nargs="*")
     ns = cmdline.parse_args(argv)
 
@@ -4406,7 +4409,12 @@ def main(argv):
             print()
             cmdline.print_usage()
             sys.exit(-1)
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
+        if not ns.srcdir:
+            print("Usage error: --srcdir must not be empty with --make.")
+            print()
+            cmdline.print_usage()
+            sys.exit(-1)
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(ns.srcdir):
             for rcs_dir in ('.svn', '.git', '.hg', 'build', 'externals'):
                 if rcs_dir in dirs:
                     dirs.remove(rcs_dir)