> ,----
> | from distutils import sysconfig
> |
> | if sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBM") == "-lm":
> | libraries = ["m"]
> | else:
> | libraries = []
> `----
>
Thanks, that does look better. If I understand correctly that snippet
will check to see if python was linked with libm and ensure that my
extension module will also be only if python was. I tested it with Linux
and Windows and it works and seems a lot more robust than what I had
before.
Would it be slightly better to test just for the existence of the LIBM
configuration variable rather than its value? I don't know of an
example, but I guess a system could have libm but use a compiler with a
different linker argument format.
e.g.
if 'libm' in sysconfig.get_config_vars()
Is there a more general way to discover if the compiler that is going to
be used knows of a library with a specified name? Something like
if get_compiler_type().library_exists(libname)
Thanks,
Oscar.
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 01:22:00PM +0100, Ralf Schmitt wrote:
> Oscar Benjamin <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have an extension module that uses math.h. In order to compile it on
> > Linux with gcc, it needs to link with libm. However, using
> > libraries=['m'] leads to a linker error when using mingw32 on Windows.
> >
> > At the moment my setup.py contains something like:
> >
> > libraries = []
> > if not 'win' in sys.platform:
> > libraries.append('m')
>
> that fails on OS X - if I remember correctly
>
> >
> > This works for the two cases I user personally. I'm guessing, though,
> > that I should really be checking for something more specific, perhaps to
> > do with the compiler that is being used. I guess that using math.h and
> > wanting cross-platform compilation is probably quite a common case. So I
> > wondered if anyone who knows more than me about c-compilers and
> > distutils has a better suggestion for this.
> >
> > Apologies if this is mentioned somewhere already. The only thing I could
> > find in the docs was instructions for adding linker options when
> > installing python modules. Ideally, I'd like to be able to handle this
> > in my setup.py without needing the setup.py user to manually alter the
> > linker settings.
>
> I'm not quite sure if it's the right way to do it, but I solved that
> with the following code:
>
> ,----
> | from distutils import sysconfig
> |
> | if sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBM") == "-lm":
> | libraries = ["m"]
> | else:
> | libraries = []
> `----
>
> (e.g. in
> https://github.com/pediapress/timelib/commit/70a8a9c42ff005fbb3547cc6b300da05a42d0cf2)
>
> --
> Cheers
> Ralf
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