[Python-Dev] Re: [snake-farm] Autodetect /usr/ccs/bin?

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> Should the configure script try with /usr/ccs/bin/ar and ld if none
    >> is explicitly supplied?

I think you should add /usr/ccs/{lib,bin,include} and /sw/{lib,bin,include}
to places you automatically search for "useful stuff".  As Anders pointed
out, /usr/ccs is something of a standard among the more proprietary of the
Unix platforms.  /sw/... is where the fink gang installs all the various GNU
goodies on MacOS X.  While you won't need to search /sw/bin for ar and ld,
you might well find useful third-party libraries there which various wrapper
modules can use.  When I configured XEmacs without asking it to look in
/sw/...  it came up with a fairly feeble configuration (no jpeg or png
support).  That said, perhaps the /sw thing will work with a simple change
to setup.py.  I'm testing a change right now to see if my build picks up
readline or not.

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