annotate m4/ax_python_devel.m4 @ 183:63ec44da1666

Remove spurious argv specification from xtract_smoothness() documentation. Fixes #27.

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#      http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_python_devel.html
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#
# SYNOPSIS
#
#   AX_PYTHON_DEVEL([version])
#
# DESCRIPTION
#
#   Note: Defines as a precious variable "PYTHON_VERSION". Don't override it
#   in your configure.ac.
#
#   This macro checks for Python and tries to get the include path to
#   'Python.h'. It provides the $(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS) and $(PYTHON_LDFLAGS)
#   output variables. It also exports $(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS) and
#   $(PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) for embedding Python in your code.
#
#   You can search for some particular version of Python by passing a
#   parameter to this macro, for example ">= '2.3.1'", or "== '2.4'". Please
#   note that you *have* to pass also an operator along with the version to
#   match, and pay special attention to the single quotes surrounding the
#   version number. Don't use "PYTHON_VERSION" for this: that environment
#   variable is declared as precious and thus reserved for the end-user.
#
#   This macro should work for all versions of Python >= 2.1.0. As an end
#   user, you can disable the check for the python version by setting the
#   PYTHON_NOVERSIONCHECK environment variable to something else than the
#   empty string.
#
#   If you need to use this macro for an older Python version, please
#   contact the authors. We're always open for feedback.
#
# LICENSE
#
#   Copyright (c) 2009 Sebastian Huber <[e-mail]>
#   Copyright (c) 2009 Alan W. Irwin <[e-mail]>
#   Copyright (c) 2009 Rafael Laboissiere <[e-mail]>
#   Copyright (c) 2009 Andrew Collier <[e-mail]>
#   Copyright (c) 2009 Matteo Settenvini <[e-mail]>
#   Copyright (c) 2009 Horst Knorr <[e-mail]>
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#serial 8

AU_ALIAS([AC_PYTHON_DEVEL], [AX_PYTHON_DEVEL])
AC_DEFUN([AX_PYTHON_DEVEL],[
	#
	# Allow the use of a (user set) custom python version
	#
	AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON_VERSION],[The installed Python
		version to use, for example '2.3'. This string
		will be appended to the Python interpreter
		canonical name.])

	AC_PATH_PROG([PYTHON],[python[$PYTHON_VERSION]])
	if test -z "$PYTHON"; then
	   AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find python$PYTHON_VERSION in your system path])
	   PYTHON_VERSION=""
	fi

	#
	# Check for a version of Python >= 2.1.0
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a version of Python >= '2.1.0'])
	ac_supports_python_ver=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; \
		ver = sys.version.split ()[[0]]; \
		print (ver >= '2.1.0')"`
	if test "$ac_supports_python_ver" != "True"; then
		if test -z "$PYTHON_NOVERSIONCHECK"; then
			AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
			AC_MSG_FAILURE([
This version of the AC@&t@_PYTHON_DEVEL macro
doesn't work properly with versions of Python before
2.1.0. You may need to re-run configure, setting the
variables PYTHON_CPPFLAGS, PYTHON_LDFLAGS, PYTHON_SITE_PKG,
PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS and PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS by hand.
Moreover, to disable this check, set PYTHON_NOVERSIONCHECK
to something else than an empty string.
])
		else
			AC_MSG_RESULT([skip at user request])
		fi
	else
		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
	fi

	#
	# if the macro parameter ``version'' is set, honour it
	#
	if test -n "$1"; then
		AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a version of Python $1])
		ac_supports_python_ver=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; \
			ver = sys.version.split ()[[0]]; \
			print (ver $1)"`
		if test "$ac_supports_python_ver" = "True"; then
		   AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
		else
			AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
			AC_MSG_ERROR([this package requires Python $1.
If you have it installed, but it isn't the default Python
interpreter in your system path, please pass the PYTHON_VERSION
variable to configure. See ``configure --help'' for reference.
])
			PYTHON_VERSION=""
		fi
	fi

	#
	# Check if you have distutils, else fail
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the distutils Python package])
	ac_distutils_result=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils" 2>&1`
	if test -z "$ac_distutils_result"; then
		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
	else
		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
		AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot import Python module "distutils".
Please check your Python installation. The error was:
$ac_distutils_result])
		PYTHON_VERSION=""
	fi

	#
	# Check for Python include path
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python include path])
	if test -z "$PYTHON_CPPFLAGS"; then
		python_path=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
			print (distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc ());"`
		if test -n "${python_path}"; then
			python_path="-I$python_path"
		fi
		PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=$python_path
	fi
	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_CPPFLAGS])
	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_CPPFLAGS])

	#
	# Check for Python library path
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python library path])
	if test -z "$PYTHON_LDFLAGS"; then
		# (makes two attempts to ensure we've got a version number
		# from the interpreter)
		ac_python_version=`cat<<EOD | $PYTHON -

# join all versioning strings, on some systems
# major/minor numbers could be in different list elements
from distutils.sysconfig import *
ret = ''
for e in get_config_vars ('VERSION'):
	if (e != None):
		ret += e
print (ret)
EOD`

		if test -z "$ac_python_version"; then
			if test -n "$PYTHON_VERSION"; then
				ac_python_version=$PYTHON_VERSION
			else
				ac_python_version=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; \
					print (sys.version[[:3]])"`
			fi
		fi

		# Make the versioning information available to the compiler
		AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([HAVE_PYTHON], ["$ac_python_version"],
                                   [If available, contains the Python version number currently in use.])

		# First, the library directory:
		ac_python_libdir=`cat<<EOD | $PYTHON -

# There should be only one
import distutils.sysconfig
for e in distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars ('LIBDIR'):
	if e != None:
		print (e)
		break
EOD`

		# Before checking for libpythonX.Y, we need to know
		# the extension the OS we're on uses for libraries
		# (we take the first one, if there's more than one fix me!):
		ac_python_soext=`$PYTHON -c \
		  "import distutils.sysconfig; \
		  print (distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('SO')[[0]])"`

		# Now, for the library:
		ac_python_soname=`$PYTHON -c \
		  "import distutils.sysconfig; \
		  print (distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LDLIBRARY')[[0]])"`

		# Strip away extension from the end to canonicalize its name:
		ac_python_library=`echo "$ac_python_soname" | sed "s/${ac_python_soext}$//"`

		# This small piece shamelessly adapted from PostgreSQL python macro;
		# credits goes to momjian, I think. I'd like to put the right name
		# in the credits, if someone can point me in the right direction... ?
		#
		if test -n "$ac_python_libdir" -a -n "$ac_python_library" \
			-a x"$ac_python_library" != x"$ac_python_soname"
		then
			# use the official shared library
			ac_python_library=`echo "$ac_python_library" | sed "s/^lib//"`
			PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_python_libdir -l$ac_python_library"
		else
			# old way: use libpython from python_configdir
			ac_python_libdir=`$PYTHON -c \
			  "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib as f; \
			  import os; \
			  print (os.path.join(f(plat_specific=1, standard_lib=1), 'config'));"`
			PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-L$ac_python_libdir -lpython$ac_python_version"
		fi

		if test -z "PYTHON_LDFLAGS"; then
			AC_MSG_ERROR([
  Cannot determine location of your Python DSO. Please check it was installed with
  dynamic libraries enabled, or try setting PYTHON_LDFLAGS by hand.
			])
		fi
	fi
	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_LDFLAGS])
	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_LDFLAGS])

	#
	# Check for site packages
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python site-packages path])
	if test -z "$PYTHON_SITE_PKG"; then
		PYTHON_SITE_PKG=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
			print (distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(0,0));"`
	fi
	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_SITE_PKG])
	AC_SUBST([PYTHON_SITE_PKG])

	#
	# libraries which must be linked in when embedding
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING(python extra libraries)
	if test -z "$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS"; then
	   PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
                conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
                print (conf('LOCALMODLIBS') + ' ' + conf('LIBS'))"`
	fi
	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS])
	AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS)

	#
	# linking flags needed when embedding
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING(python extra linking flags)
	if test -z "$PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS"; then
		PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
			conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
			print (conf('LINKFORSHARED'))"`
	fi
	AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
	AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)

	#
	# final check to see if everything compiles alright
	#
	AC_MSG_CHECKING([consistency of all components of python development environment])
	# save current global flags
	ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
	ac_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
	LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS $PYTHON_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS"
	CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS $PYTHON_CPPFLAGS"
	AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
	AC_LINK_IFELSE([
		AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <Python.h>]],
				[[Py_Initialize();]])
		],[pythonexists=yes],[pythonexists=no])
	AC_LANG_POP([C])
	# turn back to default flags
	CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
	LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"

	AC_MSG_RESULT([$pythonexists])

        if test ! "x$pythonexists" = "xyes"; then
	   AC_MSG_FAILURE([
  Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been
  installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure,
  via the LDFLAGS environment variable.
  Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib"
  ============================================================================
   ERROR!
   You probably have to install the development version of the Python package
   for your distribution.  The exact name of this package varies among them.
  ============================================================================
	   ])
	  PYTHON_VERSION=""
	fi

	#
	# all done!
	#
])