Re: [Visualpython-users] Release: VPython 2.9.4

[Andy D. <dou...@la...>]

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote:

> VPython 2.9.4 is ready for download from
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6013

I had a few configure nits with this version.  Specifically, I built it
with the following options:  (the use of python 2.2 is because my
Debian testing system only has boost 1.30)

    #!/bin/sh
    PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2.2
    export PYTHON
    PYTHONPATH=/opt/python/lib/python2.2/site-packages
    export PYTHONPATH
    test -d $PYTHONPATH || mkdir -p $PYTHONPATH
    ../visual-2.9.4/configure --prefix=/opt/python
    make
    make install

Somewhere, the setting of prefix is getting lost.  My
/opt/python/bin/vpython script starts like this:

    #!/bin/sh
    # Variables determined by configure.
    PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2.2
    visualdemodir=${prefix}/lib/python2.2/site-packages/visual/demos
    visualidledir=/opt/python/lib/python2.2/site-packages/visual/idle_VPython
    IDLE=idle.py

Note that visualdemodir depends on ${prefix}, but prefix isn't
defined anywhere.

Further, I would think that my needed setting of PYTHONPATH should
be included in the vpython script.  Finally, note that the setting of
PYTHON in the vpython script is pointless since it isn't exported.

My final fixed vpython script starts like this:

    #! /bin/sh
    # Variables determined by configure.
    PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2.2
    PYTHONPATH=/opt/python/lib/python2.2/site-packages
    export PYTHON PYTHONPATH
    prefix=/opt/python
    visualdemodir=${prefix}/lib/python2.2/site-packages/visual/demos
    visualidledir=/opt/python/lib/python2.2/site-packages/visual/idle_VPython
    IDLE=idle.py

but tracing the code paths through configure, I see that
visualdemodir and visualidledir are (at least superficially) treated
quite differently, so I'm not sure of the best way to patch things
up.

Next, I'll try running it on various applications I have.

-- 
    Andy Dougherty		dou...@la...
    Dept. of Physics
    Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042