> I'm the creator of Python.
Like anyone here wouldn't recognize your name. You're quite famous in
certain circles, you know.
> I'm new to this list. We use autoconf (happily, I might add) and I've
> run into a snag. Please look at this Python bug report on SourceForge:
>
> http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=5470&atid=105470&func=detail&aid=420416
> It appears that the AC_EXEEXT macro is naive, and fails on BeOS. Can
> someone help me fix the macro? (It would seem *.xSYM needs to be
> added to its case statement of ignored extensions.)
Easily done. Patch attached; this should show up in the CVS version
shortly.
As a workaround (so Python users don't require a CVS or hacked version of
autoconf), you could strip '-g' from CFLAGS on BeOS (as it seems to be that
flag that produces the .xSYM file) in configure.in.
beos-exeext-not-xsym.patch
