[Python-Dev] autoheader warning for WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES (original) (raw)

Jack Jansen Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:39:16 +0200

On dinsdag, april 16, 2002, at 02:41 , Guido van Rossum wrote:

autoheader is used to create the pyconfig.h.in file. It's run by the Makefile when you say "make autoconf". A common mistake when adding a new configure check or option is to add the desired symbol directly into pyconfig.h.in. The correct solution is currently to use a 3-arg ACDEFINE call as Martin showed; until last week, it was to add a few lines to acconfig.h (which no longer exists).

Bah, I am not happy with this. This makes it even more difficult to create the correct pyconfig.h for MacPython. How is updating pyconfig.h handled for Windows (and other non-autoconf platforms)?

Docs for autoconf and autoheader are in info form. If you're still a vi(m) user :-), "info autoheader" at the shell command line will tell you more.

I'm a BBEdit user, of course, the power of emacs without the finger cramps:-)