[Distutils] suggestions for mod_python

[Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy]

The trick though is that mod_python.so at the same time needs to have all
Python info as well, because even though it gets loaded by apache, it also
has Python module functionality in it....

I guess the real question is:

Do distutils provide a uniform way of retreiving compile-time arguments,
or is going through /usr/local/lib/python2.1/config/Makefile (or whatever)
still the way to go with Python 2.1?

Grisha

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Mark W. Alexander wrote:

> It sounds to me like you'd be better off using both: apxs for the apache
> module and distutils for the python module. Forcing either one to do
> what the other already does is likely to be uncomfortable.
>
> mwa
>
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy wrote:
>
> >
> > Sorry, I'm a newbie to distutils and the sig, I need some advice.
> >
> > I am trying to adopt mod_python to distutils. Here is my dilemma:
> >
> > The end result of the mod_python compile is usually a file called
> > mod_python.so. Mod_python.so is NOT a Python module, it's an Apache
> > module. (There is also a Python package to go along with it, but that's
> > irrelevant here I think).
> >
> > Currently, at ./configure time I peek in Modules/Makefile to find out the
> > libs against which Python was linked (which breaks in python 2.1, btw).
> > The actual mod_python.so is built using apxs. Apxs is a tool that comes
> > with Apache to build Apache modules. It knows what compile/linker args the
> > module will need as far as Apache is concerned, and it takes all necessary
> > libs for Python as an argument via a Makefile built by autoconf.
> >
> > I'm thinking that the right way to go is use some fucntionality of
> > distutils that can just list me the necessay libs during ./configure and
> > stick with useing apxs, since the end result isn't a Python but an Apache
> > module... So far I haven't been able to figure out how to get that info
> > (but then I've only spent a day looking at distutils...)
> >
> > Any advice/suggestions would be very much appreciated,
> >
> > Grisha
> >
> >
> >
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