Re: [RFC] Help python find its files

[Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 11:29:42AM -0800, Doug Evans wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> We had problems with python not being able to find its files.
>> This may be specific to installations where gdb and python
>> are installed in different places.
>>
>> 2010-02-08 ?Doug Evans ?<dje@google.com>
>>
>> ? ? ? * configure.ac (--with-python): Define WITH_PYTHON_PATH if
>> ? ? ? --with-python arg is a path.
>> ? ? ? * config.in: Regenerated.
>> ? ? ? * configure: Regenerated.
>> ? ? ? * python/python.c (_initialize_python): If configured
>> ? ? ? --with-python=/path, pass a fake argv[0] to Py_SetProgramName so
>> ? ? ? python can find its files.
>
> I suspect this patch will break relocatability. ?--with-python is a
> path on the build system (for -I and -L), not a path on the host
> system.

Amazing, or depressing, how I forget such things.