[GR-25397] Move pyc cache into mxbuild dir for C API build.

PullRequest: graalpython/1178

Author: fangerer

mx.graalpython/mx_graalpython.py

@@ -1690,14 +1690,24 @@ def build(self):
         mx.ensure_dir_exists(os.path.join(self.subject.get_output_root(), "modules"))
 
         cwd = os.path.join(self.subject.get_output_root(), "mxbuild_temp")
+
+        if os.path.exists("/dev/null"):
+            pycache_dir = "/dev/null"
+        else:
+            pycache_dir = os.path.join(self.subject.get_output_root(), "__pycache__")
+
         args = []
         if mx._opts.verbose:
             args.append("-v")
         else:
             # always add "-q" if not verbose to suppress hello message
             args.append("-q")
 
-        args += ["--python.WithThread", "-S", os.path.join(self.src_dir(), "setup.py"), self.subject.get_output_root()]
+        args += ["--python.WithThread",
+                 "--python.PyCachePrefix=" + pycache_dir,
+                 "-B",
+                 "-S", os.path.join(self.src_dir() , "setup.py"),
+                 self.subject.get_output_root()]
         mx.ensure_dir_exists(cwd)
         rc = self.run(args, cwd=cwd)
         shutil.rmtree(cwd) # remove the temporary build files