- Magnus Therning
Dear Lazyweb,
Please tell me there’s an easier way of building Python C/C++ extensions (read shared objects) using automake than by using libtool. Please! Please!
I just want a frickin’ .so file, nothing complicated. Is the only way, besides using libtool, to write custom targets?
C Smith
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_38_0/libs/python/doc/index.html
Magnus
@C Smith: Huh? Since I’m already using Boost.Python for my Python extension I know for a fact that it is no replacement for automake ;-)
Anonymous
I’ve always used GNU make to coordinate the building of python extensions.
lilac
Magnus
@Anonymous, using GNU make isn’t a net gain in this case, there are a lot of things that come for free when using the AutoTools.
@lilac, distutils would indeed be the right answer if I was building a Python “module”. What I didn’t mention is that the extension is part of a Gnome application written in Python. distutils is not the way to go for that.
??
i hope i will never use python, i haven’t mastered c and c++. :)
Magnus
@??: I’m not sure anyone’s mastered C++ but I’m sure that anyone who does will find it isn’t worth the effort ;-) So after you’re done with C I’d move on to a higher-level language, Python, Haskell, anything that tickles your fancy.