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-rw-r--r--m4/Makefile.inc1
-rw-r--r--m4/pythonhead.m424
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/m4/Makefile.inc b/m4/Makefile.inc
index 6cd21522..3df185a9 100644
--- a/m4/Makefile.inc
+++ b/m4/Makefile.inc
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ EXTRA_DIST += m4/longlong.m4
EXTRA_DIST += m4/progtest.m4
EXTRA_DIST += m4/stdint_h.m4
EXTRA_DIST += m4/uintmax_t.m4
+EXTRA_DIST += m4/pythonhead.m4
diff --git a/m4/pythonhead.m4 b/m4/pythonhead.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e0f2b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/pythonhead.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+dnl a macro to check for ability to create python extensions
+dnl AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS([ACTION-IF-POSSIBLE], [ACTION-IF-NOT-POSSIBLE])
+dnl function also defines PYTHON_INCLUDES
+AC_DEFUN([AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS],
+[AC_REQUIRE([AM_PATH_PYTHON])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for headers required to compile python extensions)
+dnl deduce PYTHON_INCLUDES
+py_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`
+py_exec_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`
+PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${py_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+if test "$py_prefix" != "$py_exec_prefix"; then
+ PYTHON_INCLUDES="$PYTHON_INCLUDES -I${py_exec_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDES)
+dnl check if the headers exist:
+save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
+AC_TRY_CPP([#include <Python.h>],dnl
+[AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
+$1],dnl
+[AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
+$2])
+CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
+])