[Python-Dev] pyconfig.h and exec-prefix

[David Abrahams]

Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> writes:

>     >> Now the problem is that boost::python, and other packages, gives you
>     >> one variable, like PYTHON_INCLUDES, for its build.  When it is set to
>     >> find `Python.h' it will not find `pyconfig.h'.
> 
> Seems to me like boost::python needs to be able to point at both
> directories.  Maybe PYTHON_INCLUDES could be a colon-separated list of
> directories which gets broken up into multiple -I<dir> flags.  I suppose
> that sort of change is a bit late for v1?

Considering that v2 was released a few weeks ago, that sounds about
right ;-)

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