[Python-Dev] configure.in, C++ and Linux

[Mark Hammond]

[Andrew]

> The Makefile.pre.in is probably from Misc/Makefile.pre.in, which has a
> reference to $(CCC); Modules/Makefile.pre.in is more up to date and
> uses $(CXX).  Modules/makesetup also refers to $(CCC), and probably
> needs to be changed to use $(CXX), matching Modules/Makefile.pre.in.

This is a bug in the install script then - it installs the CCC version into
/usr/local/lib/python2.0/config.

Also, the online extending-and-embedding instructions explicitly tell you
to use the Misc/ version
(http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/building-on-unix.html)

> Given that we want to encourage the use of the Distutils,
> Misc/Makefile.pre.in should be deleted to avoid having people use it.

That may be a little drastic :-)

So, as far as I can tell, we have a problem in that using the most widely
available instructions, attempting to build a new C++ extension module on
Linux will fail.  Can someone confirm it is indeed a bug that I should
file?  (Or maybe a patch I should submit?)

Mark.