[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #131774] Architecture-specific config.h is badly named

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Bug #131774, was updated on 2001-Feb-09 13:57
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Build
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: Feature Request
Priority: 5
Submitted by: gramirez
Assigned to : twouters
Summary: Architecture-specific config.h is badly named

Details: If Python is installed with architecture-dependent and
architecture-independent files in separate locations (using --prefix and
--exec-prefix), then config.h is placed in a directory different than
Python.h (and pyport.h and pgenheaders.h, which also #include
"config.h").

If I build a python module which has its own config.h (like pygtk), the
build fails because Python.h #include's the *wrong* config.h. I cannot
easily change the order of the
-I flags when compiling pygtk because autoconf places its flags
(AM_CPPFLAGS) before any CPPFLAGS that I define in the CPPFLAGS environment
variable.

It would be cleaner to follow the glib model which names its installed
arch-specific file "glibconfig.h". We could install config.h as
pythonconfig.h, and have Python.h #include "pythonconfig.h"



Follow-Ups:

Date: 2001-Feb-15 03:31
By: twouters

Comment:
I'll do it, but I don't mind if anyone else does it before me (One free
alpha is enough, anyway :-) My main question is: should anybody be
(legitimately) including Python's config.h directly ? I was thinking
'py_acconfig.h' myself, for the new autoconf config.h name. 

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Date: 2001-Feb-09 16:03
By: tim_one

Comment:
Assigned to Thomas.  Reassign to someone else if you don't want it!  Guido
said he did want it, but didn't bother assigning it to anyone.  Given that
we delayed "in dict", we have to find some other way to justify giving you
a free alpha release <wink>.

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Date: 2001-Feb-09 14:10
By: gvanrossum

Comment:
Good idea!  Patch anybody?
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