Fix some tests.

Cython/Build/Dependencies.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 import cython
 from .. import __version__
 
+import collections
 import re, os, sys, time
 from glob import iglob
 
@@ -639,7 +640,9 @@ def create_extension_list(patterns, exclude=None, ctx=None, aliases=None, quiet=
         print('Please put "# distutils: language=%s" in your .pyx or .pxd file(s)' % language)
     if exclude is None:
         exclude = []
-    if not isinstance(patterns, (list, tuple)):
+    if patterns is None:
+        return [], {}
+    elif isinstance(patterns, basestring) or not isinstance(patterns, collections.Iterable):
         patterns = [patterns]
     explicit_modules = set([m.name for m in patterns if isinstance(m, Extension)])
     seen = set()

pyximport/pyxbuild.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from distutils.errors import DistutilsArgError, DistutilsError, CCompilerError
 from distutils.extension import Extension
 from distutils.util import grok_environment_error
 try:
-    from Cython.Distutils import build_ext
+    from Cython.Distutils.old_build_ext import old_build_ext as build_ext
     HAS_CYTHON = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_CYTHON = False
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _reloads={}
 
 def pyx_to_dll(filename, ext=None, force_rebuild=0, build_in_temp=False, pyxbuild_dir=None,
                setup_args=None, reload_support=False, inplace=False):
-    """Compile a PYX file to a DLL and return the name of the generated .so 
+    """Compile a PYX file to a DLL and return the name of the generated .so
        or .dll ."""
     assert os.path.exists(filename), "Could not find %s" % os.path.abspath(filename)
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def pyx_to_dll(filename, ext=None, force_rebuild=0, build_in_temp=False, pyxbuil
         dist.run_commands()
         so_path = obj_build_ext.get_outputs()[0]
         if obj_build_ext.inplace:
-            # Python distutils get_outputs()[ returns a wrong so_path 
+            # Python distutils get_outputs()[ returns a wrong so_path
             # when --inplace ; see http://bugs.python.org/issue5977
             # workaround:
             so_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filename),
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def pyx_to_dll(filename, ext=None, force_rebuild=0, build_in_temp=False, pyxbuil
                         continue
                     break
                 else:
-                    # used up all 100 slots 
+                    # used up all 100 slots
                     raise ImportError("reload count for %s reached maximum"%org_path)
                 _reloads[org_path]=(timestamp, so_path, count)
         return so_path

tests/build/compile_env_distutils.srctree

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ PYTHON -c "import a; import sys; sys.exit(a.compile_env_test())"
 
 from distutils.core import setup
 from Cython.Distutils.extension import Extension
-from Cython.Distutils import build_ext
+from Cython.Distutils.old_build_ext import old_build_ext
 
 setup(
-  cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext},
+  cmdclass = {'build_ext': old_build_ext},
   ext_modules = [Extension(
     "a", ["a.pyx"],
     pyrex_compile_time_env = {'TEST': True},