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

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> writes:

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 > Python version is determined from small python script(s).

[...]

 > I didn't change this part of configure script.

 > The problem with python-config is that there is *no* version
 > switch.

 > Usage: /usr/bin/python-config
 > [--prefix|--exec-prefix|--includes|--libs|--cflags|--ldflags|--help]

 > So how to determine python version using python-config?

 > You can currently run with --with-python=/usr/bin/python2.5 to
 > force using version 2.5.

	BTW, there're some Python-related Autoconf code in Automake and
	in the Autoconf Macro Archive, e. g.:

$ dpkg -S python.m4 
autoconf-archive: /usr/share/autoconf-archive/ax_boost_python.m4
autoconf-archive: /usr/share/autoconf-archive/ax_python.m4
autoconf-archive: /usr/share/autoconf-archive/ax_with_python.m4
autoconf-archive: /usr/share/autoconf-archive/az_python.m4
automake: /usr/share/aclocal-1.10/python.m4
$ 

	At the first glance, `az_python.m4' seems to be the most
	suitable.  Apparently, it doesn't depend on `python-config', but
	accesses the same configuration storage using the ways native to
	Python.

	Is this check suitable for GRASS?

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