Relieve need to explicitly configure Python

dabrahams · dabrahams · commit b8937d0baed6 · 2007-04-06T18:17:43.000Z
[SVN r37382]
diff --git a/build/Jamfile.v2 b/build/Jamfile.v2
@@ -7,8 +7,22 @@ import modules ;
 
 import python ;
 
-if [ python.configured ] {
+if ! [ python.configured ] && ! ( --without-python in  [ modules.peek : ARGV ] )
+{
+    # Attempt default configuration of python
+    import toolset : using ;
+    using python ;
     
+    if ! [ python.configured ]
+    {
+        ECHO "WARNING: No python installation configured and autoconfiguration" ; 
+        ECHO "         failed.  See http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/building.html" ;
+        ECHO "         for configuration instructions or pass --without-python to" ;
+        ECHO "         suppress this message and silently skip all Boost.Python targets" ;
+    }
+}
+
+if [ python.configured ] {
 
 project boost/python
     : source-location ../src
diff --git a/example/Jamroot b/example/Jamroot
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ run-test test3 : std_pair_ext test_std_pair.py ;
 # A target that runs all the tests
 alias test : test1 test2 test3 ;
 
-# Don't run tests by default
+# Only run tests when explicitly requested
 explicit test test1 test2 test3 ;
 
