dnl Check for python-config and substitute needed CFLAGS and LDFLAGS dnl Usage: dnl AM_PYTHON_CONFIG AC_DEFUN([AM_PYTHON_CONFIG], [ AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS) AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS) dnl We need to check for python build flags using distutils.sysconfig dnl We cannot use python-config, as it was not available on older dnl versions of python AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, python) AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working python]) if test -x "$PYTHON"; then PYTHON_CFLAGS="`$PYTHON -c \"from distutils import sysconfig; \ print '-I' + sysconfig.get_python_inc() + \ ' -I' + sysconfig.get_python_inc(plat_specific=True) + ' ' + \ sysconfig.get_config_var('BASECFLAGS')\"`" PYTHON_LIBS="`$PYTHON -c \"from distutils import sysconfig; \ print \\\" \\\".join(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBS').split() + \ sysconfig.get_config_var('SYSLIBS').split()) + \ ' -lpython' + sysconfig.get_config_var('VERSION')\"`" AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]) else AC_MSG_ERROR([no. Please install python devel package]) fi ]) dnl Taken from GNOME sources dnl a macro to check for ability to create python extensions dnl AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS([ACTION-IF-POSSIBLE], [ACTION-IF-NOT-POSSIBLE]) dnl function also defines PYTHON_INCLUDES AC_DEFUN([AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS], [AC_REQUIRE([AM_PATH_PYTHON]) AC_MSG_CHECKING(for headers required to compile python extensions) dnl deduce PYTHON_INCLUDES py_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"` py_exec_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"` PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${py_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}" if test "$py_prefix" != "$py_exec_prefix"; then PYTHON_INCLUDES="$PYTHON_INCLUDES -I${py_exec_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}" fi AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDES) dnl check if the headers exist: save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES" AC_TRY_CPP([#include <Python.h>],dnl [AC_MSG_RESULT([found]) $1],dnl [AC_MSG_RESULT([not found]) $2]) CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS" ])