Hi, My project uses Boost.python to export C++ code to python. Thus, as one would expect, I have a dependency on python. It just so happens that, on CentOS 6, the install of python is broken because one cannot do pkg-config --cflags python. It just doesn't work. So, to work around this, I did the following in configure.ac:
AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.6]) if test -d /usr/lib/python2.6 ; then # AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([/usr/lib/python2.6]) PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/python2.6 PYTHON_LIB=-lpython2.6 fi if test -d /usr/lib/python2.7 ; then # AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([/usr/lib/python2.7]) PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/python2.7 PYTHON_LIB=-lpython2.7 fi AC_SUBST([PYTHON_CPPFLAGS]) AC_SUBST([PYTHON_LIB]) I've found another macro, AX_PYTHON_DEVEL, which sets the very variables I was setting. I'd like to use this because I think it will save me some grief. However, when I did this AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.6]) AX_PYTHON_DEVEL([2.6]) I run into issues. Can the two be used together? Am I worrying over nothing? Will AM_PATH_PYTHON set these variables too? This reference to AM_PATH_PYTHON doesn't specifically say so that's why I did my own hack. http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Python.html How should I handle this properly? Andy
