Re: [NOVICE] Python verison for build in config.pl (Win32)

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 18:59, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Matt <bsg075(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Attempting to build 8.5 alpha on Windows XP (MSVC 2005) with Python support.
>> Path to local interpreter added to config.pl (C:\Python), but message is
>> presented:
>
>>   "Could not determine python version from path at build.pl line 38"
>
>> Do the build scripts attempt to determine the Python version from the path
>> name? Since my machine has a generic path name, is there a way to specify
>> the interpreter version?
>
> Hm, I see this in Mkvcbuild.pm:
>
>        $solution->{options}->{python} =~ /\\Python(\d{2})/i
>          || croak "Could not determine python version from path";
>        $plpython->AddLibrary($solution->{options}->{python} . "\\Libs\\python$1.lib");
>
> Apparently you need to hack that to deduce the appropriate library
> pathname.  What exactly is your python path name, and is it a standard
> installation pattern at all?

From the OP, it's c:\python.

And yes, the python version detection is very naive, in that it
expects the default installation paths which are c:\python25 for
example. So you'll need to move your python installation to the
default location.

Or we'd welcome a patch for a smarter way to detect the version ;)

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