>>>>> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:34:12 +0100, Ralf Gross said:
> 
> Martin Simmons schrieb:
> > > > > I'm trying to compile bacula on debian etch with python support. 
> > > > > Debian's
> > > > > python2.5-dev package is installed an I added 
> > > > > 
> > > > > --with-python=/usr/lib/python2.5/
> > > > > 
> > > > > to my configure options.
> > > > 
> > > > Did you try
> > > > 
> > > > --with-python
> > > > 
> > > > i.e. without the directory?  That works on Debian 3.1 (python2.3).
> > > 
> > > Hey, that was easy ;)
> > > 
> > > Python support:  yes -L/usr/lib64/python2.4/config -lpython2.4 -lutil -lrt
> > > 
> > > This is working now.
> > 
> > Great.  Can you suggest any improvement to documentation that would have
> > helped you?
> 
> Well, I think it was my own mistake. Nothing to blame the documentation for.
> 
> ./configure --help | grep pyth
>  --with-python=DIR       Include Python support.  DIR is the Python base
> 
> Thus I thought I had to add the path to python. Reading the whole description
> makes it much clearer.
> 
> --with-python=DIR       Include Python support.  DIR is the Python base
>                         install directory, default is to search through
>                         a number of common places for the Python files.

Ah, then I think it would be better if it said --with-python[=DIR].

__Martin

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