On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:
>
> Doug> 2010-05-20  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
> Doug>         * configure.ac: For non-canadian-cross builds (build == host),
> Doug>         try to use python-config to get python include and lib parameters.
> Doug>         * configure: Regenerate.
>
> It seems reasonable to me.

I've learned that "python-config", which is a python script, can be
pretty much used with any recent python version.
I've also learned that it's not always spelled "python-config" when installed.

This version of the patch provides our own copy in python/python-config.py.
[NOTE: I didn't name it py-config.py on purpose.  It doesn't violate
the 8.3 file name rule, and since there already is python-internal.h
spelled the way it is, I wanted to keep the spelling close to the
public name.]

This version runs python-config.py with the specified copy of python.
Note that it can also work in a cross-compilation environment if the
user provides his/her own script that mimics what `python
python-config.py --includes|--ldflags' does.

I will let it soak until tomorrow.

2010-05-24  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>

        * configure.ac: Try to use python's distutils to fetch compilation
        parameters.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * python/python-config.py: New file.