[Boost-build] Installing python extensions

From: Andreas Klöckner (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-23 23:07:11

Hi all,

boost.mpi and boost.graph both build Python extension modules, but neither 
have good build system support right now. I care most about the boost.mpi 
issue, so I'll focus on that one.

mpi.so, the Python extension module for boost.mpi gets built correctly, but it 
gets installed in the wrong location, namely $prefix/lib. I assume that is 
because it internally simply is a shared library. It really should be in 
$prefix/lib/pythonN.N/site-packages/boost/, with directories along that path 
created if necessary. Also, there's a file __init__.py under libs/mpi/build 
that needs to go under that same path.

How do I make that happen? I just spent more time than I care to admit trying 
to figure this out, to no avail.

Thanks
Andreas