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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 11 |
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@@ -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: diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 7f270960ca..da2d52281a 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/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 |