contrib/Makefile.python
author Mads Kiilerich <mads@kiilerich.com>
Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:11:45 +0100
changeset 20388 9fe578297b5c
child 23140 fbd79c2552a6
permissions -rw-r--r--
contrib/Makefile.python: build local Python from source This provides an easy way to install new or old Python versions on Unixish systems. It is mainly intended for testing Mercurial with different Python versions. Example: $ cd build $ make -f ../contrib/Makefile.python python PYTHONVER=2.4 PREFIX=/tmp/p24 $ /tmp/p24/bin/python -V Python 2.4 Tested on Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu with Python versions from 2.4 to 2.7.6. Most Python versions need some workarounds to compile on Debian-ish systems. The workarounds do not do any significant harm on Fedora.

PYTHONVER=2.7.6
PYTHONNAME=python-
PREFIX=$(HOME)/bin/prefix-$(PYTHONNAME)$(PYTHONVER)
SYMLINKDIR=$(HOME)/bin

help:
	@echo
	@echo 'Make a custom installation of a Python version'
	@echo
	@echo 'Common make parameters:'
	@echo '  PYTHONVER=...    [$(PYTHONVER)]'
	@echo '  PREFIX=...       [$(PREFIX)]'
	@echo '  SYMLINKDIR=...   [$(SYMLINKDIR) creating $(PYTHONNAME)$(PYTHONVER)]'
	@echo
	@echo 'Common make targets:'
	@echo '  python    - install Python $$PYTHONVER in $$PREFIX'
	@echo '  symlink   - create a $$SYMLINKDIR/$(PYTHONNAME)$$PYTHONVER symlink'
	@echo
	@echo 'Example: create a temporary Python installation:'
	@echo '  $$ make -f Makefile.python python PYTHONVER=2.4 PREFIX=/tmp/p24'
	@echo '  $$ /tmp/p24/bin/python -V'
	@echo '  Python 2.4'
	@echo
	@echo 'Some external libraries are required for building Python: zlib bzip2 openssl.'
	@echo 'Make sure their development packages are installed systemwide.'
# fedora: yum install zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel
# debian: apt-get install zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libssl-dev
	@echo
	@echo 'To build a nice collection of interesting Python versions:'
	@echo '  $$ for v in 2.{4{,.2,.3},5{,.6},6{,.1,.2,.9},7{,.6}}; do'
	@echo '    make -f Makefile.python symlink PYTHONVER=$$v || break; done'
	@echo 'To run a Mercurial test on all these Python versions:'
	@echo '  $$ for py in `cd ~/bin && ls $(PYTHONNAME)2.*`; do'
	@echo '    echo $$py; $$py run-tests.py test-http.t; echo; done'
	@echo

export LANGUAGE=C
export LC_ALL=C

python: $(PREFIX)/bin/python docutils
	printf 'import sys, zlib, bz2, docutils\nif sys.version_info >= (2,6):\n import ssl' | $(PREFIX)/bin/python

PYTHON_SRCDIR=Python-$(PYTHONVER)
PYTHON_SRCFILE=$(PYTHON_SRCDIR).tgz

$(PREFIX)/bin/python:
	[ -f $(PYTHON_SRCFILE) ] || wget http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$(PYTHONVER)/$(PYTHON_SRCFILE) || [ -f $(PYTHON_SRCFILE) ]
	rm -rf $(PYTHON_SRCDIR)
	tar xf $(PYTHON_SRCFILE)
	# Ubuntu disables SSLv2 the hard way, disable it on old Pythons too
	-sed -i 's,self.*SSLv2_method(),0;//\0,g' $(PYTHON_SRCDIR)/Modules/_ssl.c
	# Find multiarch system libraries on Ubuntu with Python 2.4.x
	# http://lipyrary.blogspot.dk/2011/05/how-to-compile-python-on-ubuntu-1104.html
	-sed -i "s|lib_dirs = .* \[|\0'/usr/lib/`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH`',|g" $(PYTHON_SRCDIR)/setup.py
	# Find multiarch system libraries on Ubuntu and disable fortify error when setting argv
	LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib/`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH`"; \
	BASECFLAGS=-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE; \
	export LDFLAGS BASECFLAGS; \
	cd $(PYTHON_SRCDIR) && ./configure --prefix=$(PREFIX) && make all SVNVERSION=pwd && make install
	printf 'import sys, zlib, bz2\nif sys.version_info >= (2,6):\n import ssl' | $(PREFIX)/bin/python
	rm -rf $(PYTHON_SRCDIR)

DOCUTILSVER=0.11
DOCUTILS_SRCDIR=docutils-$(DOCUTILSVER)
DOCUTILS_SRCFILE=$(DOCUTILS_SRCDIR).tar.gz

docutils: $(PREFIX)/bin/python
	@$(PREFIX)/bin/python -c 'import docutils' || ( set -ex; \
	[ -f $(DOCUTILS_SRCFILE) ] || wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/docutils/docutils/$(DOCUTILSVER)/$(DOCUTILS_SRCFILE) || [ -f $(DOCUTILS_SRCFILE) ]; \
	rm -rf $(DOCUTILS_SRCDIR); \
	tar xf $(DOCUTILS_SRCFILE); \
	cd $(DOCUTILS_SRCDIR) && $(PREFIX)/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=$(PREFIX); \
	$(PREFIX)/bin/python -c 'import docutils'; \
	rm -rf $(DOCUTILS_SRCDIR); )

symlink: python $(SYMLINKDIR)
	ln -sf $(PREFIX)/bin/python $(SYMLINKDIR)/$(PYTHONNAME)$(PYTHONVER)

.PHONY: help python docutils symlink