diff --git a/lib/assets/Lib/sysconfig.py b/lib/assets/Lib/sysconfig.py
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+"""Access to Python's configuration information."""
+
+#well emulate this module since it does with settings very close to the
+#OS and metal
+
+variables={'TANH_PRESERVES_ZERO_SIGN': 0, 'WITH_DOC_STRINGS': 0}
+
+def get_config_var(var):
+    if var in variables:
+       return variables[var]
+
+    raise NotImplementedError("sysconfig.py:get_config_var: variable '%s' does not exist" % variable)