AM_PATH_PYTHON

[colliera]

hello,

i have been using AM_PATH_PYTHON but find the following a bit troublesome: the 
definition of PYTHON_PREFIX in python.m4:


  AC_SUBST([PYTHON_PREFIX], ['${prefix}'])

is problematic in that one cannot use the PYTHON_PREFIX elsewhere in the 
configure.in script (for example to indicate location of extra libraries in 
AC_CHECK_LIB) as the definition ${prefix} is not expanded.

would it not be better to define it as follows:

PYTHON_PREFIX=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`
AC_SUBST(PYTHON_PREFIX)

best regards,
andrew collier.



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University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

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