I mean *setup.py* ! ... (more questions)

[Andrew Kuchling]

"Steven D. Majewski" <sdm7g at virginia.edu> writes:
> I was willing to write the other one off as a MacOSX oddity that
> nobody on python-dev was likely to know about, but -ltermcap is
> likely to be a problem on other systems too! 

setup.py was written using 2.0's Modules/Setup.in as a guide to
platform specific problems; it didn't mention MacOS X, of course.  Try
the untested patch below; you'll need to fix whatever sys.platform is
on MacOS X.  Please let me know what it is and let me know if it
works.

> So that makes me think I'm missing some obvious way of overriding 
> these switches. Are there any docs or tips on this new setup 
> method ?  Am I just supposed to edit the source of setup.py, or 
> is it generated from some template ? 

Right now the only way to fiddle with setup.py is to edit it, and
submit patches back.  I'm planning to have some command-line switches
in the next alpha.

--amk

Index: setup.py
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/setup.py,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 setup.py
--- setup.py	2001/01/22 10:38:27	1.12
+++ setup.py	2001/01/23 19:33:44
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@
         inc_dirs = ['/usr/include'] + self.compiler.include_dirs
         exts = []
 
+	# Check for MacOS X, which doesn't need libm.a at all
+	math_libs = ['m']
+	if sys.platform == 'XXX fill this in':
+	    math_libs = []
+
         # XXX Omitted modules: gl, pure, dl, SGI-specific modules
 
         #
@@ -129,13 +134,16 @@
         # array objects
         exts.append( Extension('array', ['arraymodule.c']) )
         # complex math library functions
-        exts.append( Extension('cmath', ['cmathmodule.c'], libraries=['m']) )
+        exts.append( Extension('cmath', ['cmathmodule.c'], 
+	             libraries=math_libs) )
         # math library functions, e.g. sin()
-        exts.append( Extension('math',  ['mathmodule.c'], libraries=['m']) )
+        exts.append( Extension('math',  ['mathmodule.c'], 
+                     libraries=math_libs) )
         # fast string operations implemented in C
         exts.append( Extension('strop', ['stropmodule.c']) )
         # time operations and variables
-        exts.append( Extension('time', ['timemodule.c'], libraries=['m']) )
+        exts.append( Extension('time', ['timemodule.c'], 
+                               libraries=math_libs) )
         # operator.add() and similar goodies
         exts.append( Extension('operator', ['operator.c']) )
         # access to the builtin codecs and codec registry
@@ -335,8 +343,11 @@
         elif (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'curses')):
             if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'terminfo')):
                 curses_libs = ['curses', 'terminfo']
-            else:
+	    elif (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'termcap')):
                 curses_libs = ['curses', 'termcap']
+            else:
+		# Assume that termcap/terminfo aren't needed at all.
+                curses_libs = ['curses']
                 
             exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],
                                    libraries = curses_libs) )