configure: add ability to force python version via environment

[notmuch] / configure

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 137aceab42b9b1d10465d83776e5335caec9a640..71eef6c10858d233ec30312ed9252ed54cde7c1e 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ CC=${CC:-cc}
 CXX=${CXX:-c++}
 CFLAGS=${CFLAGS:--g -O2}
 CPPFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS:-}
+CXXFLAGS_for_sh=${CXXFLAGS:-${CFLAGS}}
 CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS:-\$(CFLAGS)}
 LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS:-}
 XAPIAN_CONFIG=${XAPIAN_CONFIG:-xapian-config}
+PYTHON=${PYTHON:-}
 
 # We don't allow the EMACS or GZIP Makefile variables inherit values
 # from the environment as we do with CC and CXX above. The reason is
@@ -269,6 +271,35 @@ dependencies are available:
 EOF
 
 errors=0
+printf "int main(void){return 0;}\n" > minimal.c
+
+printf "Sanity checking C compilation environment... "
+if ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} minimal.c ${LDFLAGS} -o minimal > /dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    printf "OK.\n"
+else
+    printf "Fail.\n"
+    errors=$((errors + 1))
+fi
+
+printf "Sanity checking C++ compilation environment... "
+if ${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS_for_sh} ${CPPFLAGS} minimal.c ${LDFLAGS} -o minimal > /dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    printf "OK.\n"
+else
+    printf "Fail.\n"
+    errors=$((errors + 1))
+fi
+
+if [ $errors -gt 0 ]; then
+    cat <<EOF
+*** Error: Initial sanity checking of environment failed.  Please try
+running configure in a clean environment, and if the problem persists,
+report a bug.
+EOF
+    rm -f minimal minimal.c
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 if pkg-config --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     have_pkg_config=1
@@ -377,8 +408,8 @@ fi
 printf "Checking for python... "
 have_python=0
 
-for name in python python2 python3; do
-    if command -v $name > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+for name in ${PYTHON} python python2 python3; do
+    if command -v $name > /dev/null; then
        have_python=1
        python=$name
        printf "Yes ($name).\n"
@@ -435,7 +466,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 printf "Checking if doxygen is available... "
-if command -v doxygen > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if command -v doxygen > /dev/null; then
     printf "Yes.\n"
     have_doxygen=1
 else
@@ -444,22 +475,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 printf "Checking if sphinx is available and supports nroff output... "
-if hash sphinx-build > /dev/null 2>&1 && ${python} -m sphinx.writers.manpage > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+if command -v sphinx-build > /dev/null && ${python} -m sphinx.writers.manpage > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     printf "Yes.\n"
     have_sphinx=1
-    have_rst2man=0
 else
-    printf "No (falling back to rst2man).\n"
+    printf "No (so will not install man pages).\n"
     have_sphinx=0
-
-    printf "Checking if rst2man is available... "
-    if rst2man -V > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-       printf "Yes.\n"
-       have_rst2man=1
-    else
-       printf "No (so will not install man pages).\n"
-       have_rst2man=0
-    fi
 fi
 
 libdir_in_ldconfig=0
@@ -700,8 +721,6 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f compat/check_asctime
 
-printf "int main(void){return 0;}\n" > minimal.c
-
 printf "Checking for rpath support... "
 if ${CC} -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath,/tmp/ -o minimal minimal.c >/dev/null 2>&1
 then
@@ -848,9 +867,6 @@ HAVE_EMACS = ${have_emacs}
 # Whether there's a sphinx-build binary available for building documentation
 HAVE_SPHINX=${have_sphinx}
 
-# Whether there's a rst2man binary available for building documentation
-HAVE_RST2MAN=${have_rst2man}
-
 # Whether there's a doxygen binary available for building api documentation
 HAVE_DOXYGEN=${have_doxygen}
 
@@ -978,9 +994,8 @@ cat > sh.config <<EOF
 # Whether the Xapian version in use supports compaction
 NOTMUCH_HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=${have_xapian_compact}
 
-# Whether there's either sphinx or rst2man available for building
-# documentation
-NOTMUCH_HAVE_MAN=$((have_sphinx || have_rst2man))
+# do we have man pages?
+NOTMUCH_HAVE_MAN=$((have_sphinx))
 
 # Name of python interpreter
 NOTMUCH_PYTHON=${python}