[CMake] More distutils-ish FindPythonLibs.cmake?

[Zachary Pincus]

Great -- thanks for the feedback. That bug report is generally what  
I've suggested too, so we're on the right track.

I will work up a patch for this, but to make sure that the patch will  
work on all platforms, I could use a little help.

Specifically, if folks could run the following python commands and  
send me the output (it could be quite long -- no need to cc the CMake  
list), I would be able to get this patch working. I would also need  
to know what platform you're on, and what the correct  
PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH, PYTHON_LIBRARY, and PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY values  
are that FindPythonLibs generates now.

Python code:
import distutils.sysconfig
print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_version()
print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc()
print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib()
print distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars()

Finally, does windows python use UNIX-style command-line switches  
(e.g. 'python -c' or windows-style switches 'python /C'?

Zach



On Jan 16, 2006, at 6:13 AM, Brad King wrote:

> Zachary Pincus wrote:
>> I've been playing with using Python itself within a CMake file to   
>> look up include directories for python extensions. (e.g. query  
>> the  Numeric module within python to find the Numeric C header  
>> file's  location.)
>> It occurred to me that this might be a better way for   
>> FindPythonLibs.cmake to work too.
> [snip]
>> Is this worth pursuing? I could try to work up a patch if anyone   
>> thinks this is valuable.
>
> There is a bug report suggesting a better way to find Python already:
>
>   http://www.cmake.org/Bug/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2257&pos=0
>
> but no one has taken the time to implement it.  If you are working  
> on a better FindPythonLibs please look at this link for suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> -Brad