Hi,

I'm trying to package a python module that has a C extension that has a special preprocessor that turns protocol definition files into C.

Currently, I have a makefile that calls the rxgen program[*]:

./rxgen/rxgen.pl rpc-api/*

which produces four C files (afs_xg.[ch] and afs_py.[ch]) that then get compiled and linked together with some other sources into an extension module:

from distutils.core import setup, Extension

setup(name = "kafs", version = "0.1", description = "AFS filesystem management scripting and commands", author = "David Howells", author_email = "dhowells@redhat.com", license = "GPLv2", ext_modules = [Extension("kafs", sources = [ "afs_xg.c", "kafs.c", "afs_py.c", "py_passwd.c", "py_rxgen.c", "py_rxconn.c", "py_rxsplit.c", "af_rxrpc.c" ], extra_compile_args = [ "-O0", "-Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE", ], libraries = [ "k5crypto", "krb5" ] )])

Is there any way of making the Extension module do the rxgen step? It would be possible to convert the rxgen perl scripts into python and call it directly - it's just that I find it easier to write a file parser in perl, at least initially.

David

[*] yes, I know, it's written in perl