use pkgconfig to check for python2 directly

[claws.git] / configure.ac

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 855e921a989f80f19276bce6851be1b9727346bd..b39187d724faedfcc26e57e19f3cf486e91064de 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1324,60 +1324,16 @@ fi
 
 dnl Python *********************************************************************
 missing_python=""
-AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.5], [
-       AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON_CONFIG, python$PYTHON_VERSION-config)
-       if test x"$PYTHON_CONFIG" = x"" ; then
-               AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON_CONFIG, python-config)
-       fi
-       if test x"$PYTHON_CONFIG" != x""; then
-               PYTHON_CFLAGS=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --includes`
-               PYTHON_LIBS=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --libs`
-               PYTHON_PREFIX=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --prefix`
-               HAVE_PYTHON=yes
-       else
-               AC_MSG_WARN(python-config not found. Maybe you need to install development packages for Python.)
-               HAVE_PYTHON=no
-               missing_python="python-config"
-       fi
-
-       if test x"$HAVE_PYTHON" = xyes; then
-               _save_libs="$LIBS"
-               if test x"$platform_win32" = xno; then
-                       # libpython.so
-                       PYTHON_SHARED_LIB="libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.so"
-                       AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen, [LIBS="-ldl"])
-                       AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to dlopen $PYTHON_SHARED_LIB works])
-                       AC_RUN_IFELSE(
-                               [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-                                       [#include <dlfcn.h>
-                                        #define PYTHON_SO_FILE "${PYTHON_SHARED_LIB}"
-                                       ],
-                                       [if (!dlopen(PYTHON_SO_FILE, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL)) return 1; return 0;])
-                               ],
-                               [found_libpython_so="yes"],
-                               [found_libpython_so="no"],
-                               [AC_MSG_FAILURE([cross-compiling not supported])])
-               fi
-               if test x"$found_libpython_so" != x"yes"; then
-                       AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-                       AC_MSG_WARN(Could not find Python shared libary: ${PYTHON_SHARED_LIB}. Maybe you need to install development packages for Python.)
-                       HAVE_PYTHON=no
-                       missing_python="libpython"
-               else
-                       AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-               fi
-               LIBS="$_save_libs";
-       fi
-       if test x"$HAVE_PYTHON" = xyes; then
-               PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYGTK, pygtk-2.0 >= 2.10.3, [AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_PYTHON, [1], [Enable Python support])], HAVE_PYTHON=no)
-               if test x"$HAVE_PYTHON" = xno; then
-                       missing_python="pygtk-2.0 >= 2.10.3"
-               fi
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, python2, HAVE_PYTHON=yes, HAVE_PYTHON=no)
+if test x"$HAVE_PYTHON" = xno; then
+       missing_python="python2"
+fi
+if test x"$HAVE_PYTHON" = xyes; then
+       PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYGTK, pygtk-2.0 >= 2.10.3, [AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_PYTHON, [1], [Enable Python support])], HAVE_PYTHON=no)
+       if test x"$HAVE_PYTHON" = xno; then
+               missing_python="pygtk-2.0 >= 2.10.3"
        fi
-], [
-               HAVE_PYTHON=no
-               missing_python="python interpreter"
-])
+fi
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_SHARED_LIB)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)