[boost] Re: autoconf (Was: Boost to the rescue)

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-19 05:44:25

Peter Simons wrote:

> Vladimir Prus writes:
> 
>  > Do you know stock autoconf macro which finds Python
>  > headers?
> 
>   http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/ax_python.html

Sorry, but it does not work. After lots of errors, I see this output:

    results of the Python check:
    Binary:      python2.3
    Library:     python2.3
    Include Dir: /home/ghost/windows/cygwin2/usr/include/python2.3

Clearly, the path is as wrong as possibly could be. And the macros does not
allow to specify the version of Python that I want.

This is certainly fixable, but requires autoconf/M4 knowledge, so autoconf
does not yet looks like a silver bullet. And if we need any configure
system, it's better written in Python.

- Volodya