return i
raise ValueError, "element not found"
+# helper function: compare dotted version numbers.
+# E.g., compare_version('1.3.25', '1.4.1')
+# returns -1, 0, 1 if v1 is <, ==, > v2
+def compare_versions(v1, v2):
+ # Convert dotted strings to lists
+ v1 = map(int, v1.split('.'))
+ v2 = map(int, v2.split('.'))
+ # Compare corresponding elements of lists
+ for n1,n2 in zip(v1, v2):
+ if n1 < n2: return -1
+ if n1 > n2: return 1
+ # all corresponding values are equal... see if one has extra values
+ if len(v1) < len(v2): return -1
+ if len(v1) > len(v2): return 1
+ return 0
+
# Each target must have 'build' in the interior of the path; the
# directory below this will determine the build parameters. For
# example, for target 'foo/bar/build/ALPHA_SE/arch/alpha/blah.do' we
if sys.exec_prefix != '/usr':
env.Append(LIBPATH = os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, 'lib'))
-# Set up SWIG flags & scanner
+# Check for SWIG
+if not env.has_key('SWIG'):
+ print 'Error: SWIG utility not found.'
+ print ' Please install (see http://www.swig.org) and retry.'
+ Exit(1)
+
+# Check for appropriate SWIG version
+swig_version = os.popen('swig -version').read().split()
+# First 3 words should be "SWIG Version x.y.z"
+if swig_version[0] != 'SWIG' or swig_version[1] != 'Version':
+ print 'Error determining SWIG version.'
+ Exit(1)
+
+min_swig_version = '1.3.28'
+if compare_versions(swig_version[2], min_swig_version) < 0:
+ print 'Error: SWIG version', min_swig_version, 'or newer required.'
+ print ' Installed version:', swig_version[2]
+ Exit(1)
+# Set up SWIG flags & scanner
env.Append(SWIGFLAGS=Split('-c++ -python -modern $_CPPINCFLAGS'))
import SCons.Scanner
env.Append(SCANNERS = swig_scanner)
-# Other default libraries
-env.Append(LIBS=['z'])
-
# Platform-specific configuration. Note again that we assume that all
# builds under a given build root run on the same host platform.
conf = Configure(env,
conf_dir = os.path.join(build_root, '.scons_config'),
log_file = os.path.join(build_root, 'scons_config.log'))
+# 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++'):
+ print 'Error: did not find needed zlib compression library '\
+ 'and/or zlib.h header file.'
+ print ' Please install zlib and try again.'
+ Exit(1)
+
# Check for <fenv.h> (C99 FP environment control)
have_fenv = conf.CheckHeader('fenv.h', '<>')
if not have_fenv:
# Check MySQL version.
if have_mysql:
mysql_version = os.popen(mysql_config + ' --version').read()
- mysql_version = mysql_version.split('.')
- mysql_major = int(mysql_version[0])
- mysql_minor = int(mysql_version[1])
- # This version check is probably overly conservative, but it deals
- # with the versions we have installed.
- if mysql_major < 4 or (mysql_major == 4 and mysql_minor < 1):
- print "Warning: MySQL v4.1 or newer required."
+ min_mysql_version = '4.1'
+ if compare_versions(mysql_version, min_mysql_version) < 0:
+ print 'Warning: MySQL', min_mysql_version, 'or newer required.'
+ print ' Version', mysql_version, 'detected.'
have_mysql = False
# Set up mysql_config commands.