George Sakkis wrote: > "mg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hello >> >>I work on an finite element framework and Python bindings have been >>developped. >>Actually, we use Boost.Build as build system but we would like to change >>it. >> >>We have two kinds of problems. First, the framework is used for generate >>pure C++ applications with static libraries ; second, the framework have >>some dependencies to fortran projects. >>Then, in order to know if Distutils can be use in our case, I would like >>to know if : >>- Can distutil compile static C/C++ libraries ? >>- Can distutil compile C/C++ applications ? >>- Can distutil manage fortran compiler and compile fortran libraries and >>applications ? >> >>Thank for your answers > > I don't think distutils can handle all these, especially the last one, > so I doubt it's the right tool in your case. I would suggest SCons > (http://www.scons.org/), a modern make/automake/autoconf replacement > that uses python for its configuration files instead of yet another > cryptic half-baked mini-language or XML.
It does handle FORTRAN when using the scipy_distutils extensions. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die." -- Richard Harter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list