Closes #23746: merged update from 3.5.

bb108591 · Vinay Sajip · 664759cf · 37cac761 · bb108591
Commit bb108591 authored Aug 25, 2016 by Vinay Sajip
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 .. function:: is_python_build()

-   Return ``True`` if the current Python installation was built from source.
+   Return ``True`` if the running Python interpreter was built from source and
+   is being run from its built location, and not from a location resulting from
+   e.g. running ``make install`` or installing via a binary installer.


 .. function:: parse_config_h(fp[, vars])