[Plplot-devel] Re: swig.m4 cross-platform macro problem

[Rafael L. <rla...@us...>]

* Alan W. Irwin <ir...@be...> [2004-02-18 12:23]:

> On 2004-02-18 11:25-0800 Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> 
> I just realized the source of the problem in the macro.
> 
> The following line is there:
> 
> python_path=`find $i -type f -name libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.* -print`
> 
> but the subsequent logic gets screwed if the find command finds more than
> one real file which satisfies that wildcarded name.  Apparently, MacOSX
> does have two files which satisfy the criterion and this causes the
> problem.
> 
> One solution would be to loop through the resulting files returned by the
> find.  I will work on that and probably commit it, but Rafael, if you find a
> more elegant way to fix the two-or-more file problem, go ahead and make your
> own commit.

What about replacing the line above by:

python_path=`find $i -type f -name libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.* -print | sed 1q`

The "sed 1q" command at the end should be widely portable.  For instance, it
appears a couple of times in configure.

-- 
Rafael