#19196: Improved cross-references in distutils documentation.

Author: serhiy-storchaka

Doc/distutils/apiref.rst

@@ -994,8 +994,9 @@ directories.
    simply the list of all files under *src*, with the names changed to be under
    *dst*.
 
-   *preserve_mode* and *preserve_times* are the same as for :func:`copy_file` in
-   :mod:`distutils.file_util`; note that they only apply to regular files, not to
+   *preserve_mode* and *preserve_times* are the same as for
+   :func:`distutils.file_util.copy_file`; note that they only apply to
+   regular files, not to
    directories.  If *preserve_symlinks* is true, symlinks will be copied as
    symlinks (on platforms that support them!); otherwise (the default), the
    destination of the symlink will be copied.  *update* and *verbose* are the same
@@ -1175,7 +1176,7 @@ other utility module.
    Generate a useful error message from an :exc:`OSError` exception object.
    Handles Python 1.5.1 and later styles, and does what it can to deal with
    exception objects that don't have a filename (which happens when the error
-   is due to a two-file operation, such as :func:`rename` or :func:`link`).
+   is due to a two-file operation, such as :func:`~os.rename` or :func:`~os.link`).
    Returns the error message as a string prefixed with *prefix*.
 
 
@@ -1265,8 +1266,8 @@ other utility module.
               built/installed/distributed
 
 
-This module provides the :class:`Distribution` class, which represents the
-module distribution being built/installed/distributed.
+This module provides the :class:`~distutils.core.Distribution` class, which
+represents the module distribution being built/installed/distributed.
 
 
 :mod:`distutils.extension` --- The Extension class
@@ -1712,8 +1713,8 @@ This module supplies the abstract base class :class:`Command`.
    options, is the :meth:`run` method, which must also be implemented by every
    command class.
 
-   The class constructor takes a single argument *dist*, a :class:`Distribution`
-   instance.
+   The class constructor takes a single argument *dist*, a
+   :class:`~distutils.core.Distribution` instance.
 
 
 Creating a new Distutils command

Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst

@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ directories, libraries to link with, etc.).
 
 All of this is done through another keyword argument to :func:`setup`, the
 :option:`ext_modules` option.  :option:`ext_modules` is just a list of
-:class:`Extension` instances, each of which describes a single extension module.
+:class:`~distutils.core.Extension` instances, each of which describes a
+single extension module.
 Suppose your distribution includes a single extension, called :mod:`foo` and
 implemented by :file:`foo.c`.  If no additional instructions to the
 compiler/linker are needed, describing this extension is quite simple::
@@ -165,8 +166,8 @@ following sections.
 Extension names and packages
 ----------------------------
 
-The first argument to the :class:`Extension` constructor is always the name of
-the extension, including any package names.  For example, ::
+The first argument to the :class:`~distutils.core.Extension` constructor is
+always the name of the extension, including any package names.  For example, ::
 
     Extension('foo', ['src/foo1.c', 'src/foo2.c'])
 
@@ -196,7 +197,8 @@ will compile :file:`foo.c` to the extension :mod:`pkg.foo`, and :file:`bar.c` to
 Extension source files
 ----------------------
 
-The second argument to the :class:`Extension` constructor is a list of source
+The second argument to the :class:`~distutils.core.Extension` constructor is
+a list of source
 files.  Since the Distutils currently only support C, C++, and Objective-C
 extensions, these are normally C/C++/Objective-C source files.  (Be sure to use
 appropriate extensions to distinguish C++\ source files: :file:`.cc` and
@@ -232,9 +234,9 @@ linked into the executable.
 Preprocessor options
 --------------------
 
-Three optional arguments to :class:`Extension` will help if you need to specify
-include directories to search or preprocessor macros to define/undefine:
-``include_dirs``, ``define_macros``, and ``undef_macros``.
+Three optional arguments to :class:`~distutils.core.Extension` will help if
+you need to specify include directories to search or preprocessor macros to
+define/undefine: ``include_dirs``, ``define_macros``, and ``undef_macros``.
 
 For example, if your extension requires header files in the :file:`include`
 directory under your distribution root, use the ``include_dirs`` option::