Re: [Plplot-devel] Re: Python on Mac OS X, Cygwin, and MinGW

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On Feb 8, 2006, at 7:53 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:

> Unfortunately, I am right in the middle of some high-priority  
> research so I
> am hoping Hazen will step forward to automate your work in cvs. The  
> four
> file changes should be to replace cf/ac_python_devel.m4 with the "pure
> python" version I attached to my previous e-mail, change cf/ 
> python.ac like
> you suggested (except confirm/check only the appropriate directory for
> Python.h where that directory is determined from the "pure python"
> ac_python_devel.m4 results), change bindings/python/Makefile.am as  
> above,

I swapped out cf/ac_python_devel.m4 & changed bindings/python/ 
Makefile.am, however I am completely at a loss when it comes to  
making the necessary modifications to cf/python.ac. What is a .ac  
file anyway? Is it used at the cf/bootstrap.sh stage? Or at the  
configure stage? Can you recommend a gentle primer for understanding  
these sorts of things?

-Hazen