Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] autoconf: check for Python.h header and -lpython* lib

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger Pau Monne writes ("[PATCH v2] autoconf: check for Python.h header and 
-lpython* lib"):
> autoconf: check for Python.h header and -lpython* lib

Right, this is better.

> +ac_previous_cppflags=$CPPFLAGS
...
> +AC_CHECK_HEADER([Python.h], [],
> +    [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find Python development headers])],)
> +AC_CHECK_LIB($python_lib, PyArg_ParseTuple, [],
> +    [AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find a suitable python development library])])
> +CPPFLAGS=$ac_previous_cppflags
> +LDLFAGS=$ac_previous_ldflags

But AFAICT we go to all this effort to find the right python flags and
then we throw them away.  This is a bit odd.  Shouldn't we be passing
this in some PYTHON_FOOFLAGS variables for the benefit of tools/python ?

Ian.

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