Re: [RFC][patch 1/9] initial Python support

Daniel Jacobowitz
2008-05-05T13:10:49Z

On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 01:50:38AM -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> % ../configure --with-libpython2.5-prefix=/blah
> configure: error: invalid package name: libpython2.5-prefix

Do we even want this option? The macro it comes from has been
surprisingly troublesome and is very complicated. Maybe we just want
--with-python, --without-python, and --with-python=/path.

BTW, could you do me a favor... make GDB fail to build if
--with-python is specified on the command line but Python could not be
found. This is something I learned from working on Debian package
builds and our own Sourcery G++ product builds. Autoconf
configuration is not so good at producing consistent packages
build after build. IMO the default should be "use python if
we find it", but with --with-python it should be "use python or go
boom".

Anyway, </soapbox>.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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