[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #38: configure.in: wxwidgets and python checks

[Michael Barton]

On Feb 5, 2008, at 11:00 AM, William Kyngesburye wrote:

> On Feb 5, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Martin Landa wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2008/2/5, Michael Barton <michael.barton at asu.edu>:
>>
>>>>
>>> That's fine Martin. Thanks. I'm trying to find out how it checks.  
>>> Are
>>> the checks generic enough to work with Mac and Windows, or are they
>>> still hard coded to Linux locations?
>>
>> if you look at gui/wxpython/vdigit/Makefile, only one location is
>> still hard-coded, the includes for python
>>
>> -I/usr/include/python$(PYTHONVERSION)
>>
>> The patch checks for Python.h and include directory, it should  
>> work on
>> Mac/Windows too.
>>
>> Martin
>>
> This is not good.  Unless the --with-python include dir is also  
> used. (RE my suggestion from the GDAL configure)  I don't see  
> anything in configure that sets a python include dir.  In fact, I  
> don't see the wxwidgets option either - are you sure it's in SVN now?
>


The basic idea is sound -- do a check at configure to see if the  
resources are present to compile vdigit and set it to compile or not  
compile accordingly.

We just need to make this generic enough to encompass the cross- 
platform variation in Python installations.

Michael