Package: python-dev Version: 2.7.2-9 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch A manpage draft for python-config is attached.
.TH PYTHON\-CONFIG 1 "November 27, 2011" .SH NAME python\-config \- output build options for python C/C++ extensions or embedding .SH SYNOPSIS .BI "python\-config" [ .BI "\-\-prefix" ] [ .BI "\-\-exec\-prefix" ] [ .BI "\-\-includes" ] [ .BI "\-\-libs" ] [ .BI "\-\-cflags" ] [ .BI "\-\-ldflags" ] [ .BI "\-\-help" ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B python\-config helps compiling and linking programs, which embed the Python interpreter, or extension modules that can be loaded dynamically (at run time) into the interpreter. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BI "\-\-cflags" print the C compiler flags. .TP .BI "\-\-ldflags" print the flags that should be passed to the linker. .TP .BI "\-\-includes" similar to \fI\-\-cflags\fP but only with \-I options (path to python header files). .TP .BI "\-\-libs" similar to \fI\-\-ldflags\fP but only with \-l options (used libraries). .TP .BI "\-\-prefix" prints the prefix (base directory) under which python can be found. .TP .BI "\-\-exec\-prefix" print the prefix used for executable program directories (such as bin, sbin, etc). .TP .BI "\-\-help" print the usage message. .PP .SH EXAMPLES To build the singe\-file c program \fIprog\fP against the python library, use .PP .RS gcc $(python\-config \-\-cflags \-\-ldflags) progr.cpp \-o progr.cpp .RE .PP The same in a makefile: .PP .RS CFLAGS+=$(shell python\-config \-\-cflags) .RE .RS LDFLAGS+=$(shell python\-config \-\-ldflags) .RE .RS all: progr .RE To build a dynamically loadable python module, use .PP .RS gcc $(python\-config \-\-cflags \-\-ldflags) \-shared \-fPIC progr.cpp \-o progr.so .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" python (1) .br http://docs.python.org/extending/extending.html .br /usr/share/doc/python/faq/extending.html .SH AUTHORS This manual page was written by Johann Felix Soden <joh...@gmx.de> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
