allowed manually specififying a path to python (when only older versions of

automake is available)


git-svn-id: svn://bind10.isc.org/svn/bind10/trunk@1399 e5f2f494-b856-4b98-b285-d166d9295462

README

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Simple build instructions:
 Requires autoconf 2.59 or newer.
 
 Use automake-1.11 or better for working Python 3.1 tests.
+Alternatively, you could manually specify an absolute path to python
+executable by the --with-pythonpath option of the configure script,
+e.g.,
+% ./configure --with-pythonpath=/usr/local/bin/python3.1
 
 Operating-System specific tips:
 

configure.ac

@@ -17,7 +17,16 @@ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 AX_COMPILER_VENDOR
 
 m4_define([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST], [python python3 python3.1])
-AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.1])
+AC_ARG_WITH([pythonpath],
+AC_HELP_STRING([--with-pythonpath=PATH],
+  [specify an absolute path to python executable when automatic version check (incorreclty) fails]),
+  [python_path="$withval"], [python_path="auto"])
+if test "$python_path" = auto; then
+	AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.1])
+else
+	PYTHON=$python_path
+	AC_SUBST(PYTHON)
+fi
 
 # TODO: check for _sqlite3.py module