extension: How to set up additional dependencies in Setup.in

[Konrad Hinsen]

Dave Kuhlman <dkuhlman at rexx.com> writes:

> message.  So, is there a way to get setup.py to run "./configure"
> (or any other script or program) before or after a build?

Define your own "my_build" class by subclassing distutils.command.build
and adding a call to os.system('./configure') to the __init__ method.
In the call to the setup routine, add the keyword argument

     cmdclass = {'build': my_build}

That should be all.
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