[Pythonmac-SIG] autoconf and distutils

[Mark Asbach]

Hi list,

we're trying to port an open source application that includes an 
embedded python interpreter. I've still got troubles with the Mac OS X 
specific framework builds and my autoconf script.

What can I do to get information on compiler and linker parameters 
necessary to compile my custom interpreter? On conventional UNIX 
installs I will need "-L/usr/local/lib/python2.x/config -lpython2.x" 
while I have to use "-framework Python" with framework builds. It's 
messy to search paths and guess from the files present, which one is 
the case. Unfortunately, I couldn't find detailed documentation of the 
distutils, where I would search for information like this.

The best solution would be a set of python scripts that would give the 
desired flags for the interpreter it is run on. This way I could 
provide a "--with-python=/mypath/bin/pythonX.Y" configuration option 
and have the rest detected automatically.

Thanks in advance,

Mark