Move Python setup into Configure section so we can test whether the

setup is correct and provide meeaningful error messages when it's not.
Also fix for building on Cygwin where python lib is in /bin and not /lib.

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extra : convert_revision : 7a29ba17463de60c72b3d8b04e4c4f81fc64bf61

diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 49f6e2eb2f9a6d158e230cfc42740c9038798d27..50089700a51064790848e75505b7a89cb5feb83a 100644 (file)
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -201,23 +201,6 @@ if sys.platform == 'cygwin':
     env.Append(CCFLAGS=Split("-Wno-uninitialized"))
 env.Append(CPPPATH=[Dir('ext/dnet')])
 
-# Find Python include and library directories for embedding the
-# interpreter.  For consistency, we will use the same Python
-# installation used to run scons (and thus this script).  If you want
-# to link in an alternate version, see above for instructions on how
-# to invoke scons with a different copy of the Python interpreter.
-
-# Get brief Python version name (e.g., "python2.4") for locating
-# include & library files
-py_version_name = 'python' + sys.version[:3]
-
-# include path, e.g. /usr/local/include/python2.4
-env.Append(CPPPATH = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, 'include', py_version_name))
-env.Append(LIBS = py_version_name)
-# add library path too if it's not in the default place
-if sys.exec_prefix != '/usr':
-    env.Append(LIBPATH = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, 'lib'))
-
 # Check for SWIG
 if not env.has_key('SWIG'):
     print 'Error: SWIG utility not found.'
@@ -255,6 +238,38 @@ conf = Configure(env,
                  conf_dir = os.path.join(build_root, '.scons_config'),
                  log_file = os.path.join(build_root, 'scons_config.log'))
 
+# Find Python include and library directories for embedding the
+# interpreter.  For consistency, we will use the same Python
+# installation used to run scons (and thus this script).  If you want
+# to link in an alternate version, see above for instructions on how
+# to invoke scons with a different copy of the Python interpreter.
+
+# Get brief Python version name (e.g., "python2.4") for locating
+# include & library files
+py_version_name = 'python' + sys.version[:3]
+
+# include path, e.g. /usr/local/include/python2.4
+py_header_path = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, 'include', py_version_name)
+env.Append(CPPPATH = py_header_path)
+# verify that it works
+if not conf.CheckHeader('Python.h', '<>'):
+    print "Error: can't find Python.h header in", py_header_path
+    Exit(1)
+
+# add library path too if it's not in the default place
+py_lib_path = None
+if sys.exec_prefix != '/usr':
+    py_lib_path = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, 'lib')
+elif sys.platform == 'cygwin':
+    # cygwin puts the .dll in /bin for some reason
+    py_lib_path = '/bin'
+if py_lib_path:
+    env.Append(LIBPATH = py_lib_path)
+    print 'Adding', py_lib_path, 'to LIBPATH for', py_version_name
+if not conf.CheckLib(py_version_name):
+    print "Error: can't find Python library", py_version_name
+    Exit(1)
+
 # Check for zlib.  If the check passes, libz will be automatically
 # added to the LIBS environment variable.
 if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('z', 'zlib.h', 'C++'):