[cmake-developers] [CMake 0013361]: Notes on FindPythonLibs(PYTHON_ADD_MODULE)

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=13361 
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Reported By:                Daniel Franke
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   13361
Category:                   Modules
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   tweak
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2012-06-28 15:47 EDT
Last Modified:              2012-06-28 15:47 EDT
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Summary:                    Notes on FindPythonLibs(PYTHON_ADD_MODULE)
Description: 
A follow-up to http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=10068.

Throughout the module file, the variable ${PYTHON_MODULE_PREFIX} is used
multiple times, but it is never set?! Funnily, the contents "empty" is actually
correct.

On MacOS, the required extension is .so, the default extension is .dylib:
      IF(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
        SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${_NAME} PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".pyd")
+     ELSE IF(APPLE)
+       SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${_NAME} PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".so")
      ENDIF(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)

Another function, say, PYTHON_INSTALL_MODULE that installs to
${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages
(or wherever the preferred location nowadays is), would be nice.

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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2012-06-28 15:47 Daniel Franke  New Issue                                    
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