Code changes for external python. Changes include submissions by cptspiff,WiSo,blinkseb, and jcarroll

changed: limit the scope of the python includes. this will be useful in an upcomming patch. credit jcarroll
changed: use a m4 check to set the python path directly, and ditch the old hardcoded version nonsense. credit jcarroll
Fixed the build for when --enable-external-python is not used.
Fixed the warnings due to Python.h not being the first header as required by Python.
Final fix to the osx make build so that external python works. Needed to change the m4 macro to account for .dylib on osx and the dependant ./configure call to pass the installed location of the python xbmc is to be built against. Also updated .gitignore for the osx dependency builds.
There was a name collision between the python datetime.h and the xbmc/DateTime.h on file systems that are not case sensitive. This is now fixed by renaming DateTime.h to XBDateTime.h
By request, the .cpp files now sorted alphabetically in the Makefile.in.
the m4 macros is a mess of mixed spaces and tabs. In order to make my couple line change more readable I changed the spaces to tabs so it would be consistent with the surrounding area. This was per the request of jmarshall.
Fixed an error where under internal python the correct header wasn't being used.
if --enable-external-python is selected then don't build the internal python at all and not using any of the wrappers.
Modified the xcode project to work with the external python changes.
There was a bug in the Makefile.in where the internal python build target wasn't being set correctly. This is now fixed.
[WIN32] removed some uneeded files, renamed DateTime* to XBDateTime* and defined USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON
Added xbmc/cores/DllLoader/Makefile to .gitignore since it's being autogened.
Made it so that the distinction between internal and external python is limited to mostly just Makefile's now. Most of the code no longer needs to make the distinction. This should make it much easier to move forward in windows and eventually with removing the internal python.
updated: .gitignore

Author: spiff

.gitignore

@@ -385,15 +385,7 @@ lib/cmyth/Makefile
 /system/profiles.xml
 
 # /system/python
-/system/python/Lib/
-/system/python/python24.zip
-/system/python/python24.dll
-/system/python/DLLs/_socket.pyd
-/system/python/DLLs/pyexpat.pyd
-/system/python/DLLs/select.pyd
-/system/python/DLLs/unicodedata.pyd
-/system/python/DLLs/zlib.pyd
-/system/python/DLLs/bz2.pyd
+/system/python/
 
 # /system/webserver
 /system/webserver
@@ -496,6 +488,7 @@ lib/cmyth/Makefile
 /xbmc/cores/DllLoader/exports/build_wrapper.sh
 /xbmc/cores/DllLoader/exports/wrapper.def
 /xbmc/cores/DllLoader/Makefile
+
 /xbmc/cores/Makefile
 
 /xbmc/cores/VideoRenderers/Makefile
@@ -1029,6 +1022,8 @@ lib/cmyth/Makefile
 
 # /xbmc/interfaces/
 /xbmc/interfaces/Makefile
+/xbmc/interfaces/python/Makefile
+/xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/Makefile
 /xbmc/interfaces/python/linux/Makefile
 /xbmc/interfaces/python/linux/wrapper_python.def
 

Makefile.in

@@ -120,11 +120,14 @@ LIB_DIRS=\
 	lib/libhdhomerun \
 	lib/libid3tag \
 	lib/libapetag \
-	xbmc/interfaces/python/linux \
 	lib/cpluff \
 	lib/xbmc-dll-symbols \
 	lib/jsoncpp/src/lib_json
 
+ifneq (@USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON@,1)
+LIB_DIRS+=xbmc/interfaces/python/linux
+endif
+
 SS_DIRS=\
 	xbmc/screensavers/rsxs-0.9/xbmc
 
@@ -168,6 +171,12 @@ DISTCLEAN_FILES=config.h config.log config.status tools/Linux/xbmc.sh \
         lib/python/libpython2.4.so.1.0 \
         system/libcpluff-@[email protected]
 
+ifneq (@USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON@,1)
+	PYTHON_TARGET=python
+else
+	PYTHON_TARGET=
+endif
+
 all : Makefile externals xbmc.bin xbmc-xrandr skins
 
 include Makefile.include
@@ -407,8 +416,10 @@ endif
 libpython: dllloader
 	$(MAKE) -C xbmc/interfaces/python
 	$(MAKE) -C xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule
+ifneq (@USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON@,1)
 python: dllloader
 	$(MAKE) -C xbmc/interfaces/python/linux
+endif
 dvdpcodecs: dllloader
 	$(MAKE) -C lib 
 	$(MAKE) -C lib/libdvd
@@ -453,6 +464,12 @@ codecs: papcodecs dvdpcodecs
 libs: cmyth libhdhomerun libid3tag imagelib libexif python system/libcpluff-@[email protected]
 externals: codecs libs python visualizations screensavers
 
+ifeq ($(findstring osx,@ARCH@), osx)
+libs: libhdhomerun libid3tag imagelib libexif $(PYTHON_TARGET) system/libcpluff-@[email protected] system/players/paplayer/libmodplug-@[email protected]
+else
+libs: libhdhomerun libid3tag imagelib libexif $(PYTHON_TARGET) system/libcpluff-@[email protected]
+endif
+
 xcode_depends: \
 	codecs libs python visualizations screensavers eventclients skins \
 	lib/libsquish/libsquish.a \
@@ -579,6 +596,10 @@ ifeq ($(findstring arm,@ARCH@), arm)
 LIBS +=-lpython2.6
 endif
 
+ifeq (@USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON@,1)
+LIBS += @PYTHON_LDFLAGS@
+endif
+
 xbmc.bin: $(OBJSXBMC) $(DYNOBJSXBMC)
 ifeq ($(findstring osx,@ARCH@), osx)
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o xbmc.bin -Wl,-all_load,-ObjC $(DYNOBJSXBMC) $(OBJSXBMC) $(LIBS) -rdynamic

XBMC.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 AC_INIT([xbmc], [9.11], [http://trac.xbmc.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([xbmc/config.h])
 AH_TOP([#pragma once])
+m4_include([m4/ax_python_devel.m4])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
@@ -891,29 +892,21 @@ fi
 
 # External Python
 if test "$use_external_python" = "yes"; then
-  AC_CHECK_LIB([python2.6], [main],
-    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_6], [1],
-    [Define to 1 if you have the 'python2.6' library.])
-    USE_PYTHON2_6=1],
-  [AC_CHECK_LIB([python2.5], [main],
-    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_5], [1],
-    [Define to 1 if you have the 'python2.5' library.])
-    USE_PYTHON2_5=1],
-  [AC_CHECK_LIB([python2.4], [main],
-    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_4], [1],
-    [Define to 1 if you have the 'python2.4' library.])
-    USE_PYTHON2_4=1],
-  [AC_MSG_ERROR($missing_library)] )] )] )
-
-  AC_MSG_NOTICE($external_python_enabled)
-  test "$USE_PYTHON2_6" && AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using Python 2.6])
-  test "$USE_PYTHON2_5" && AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using Python 2.5])
-  test "$USE_PYTHON2_4" && AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using Python 2.4])
-  USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON=1
-  AC_DEFINE([USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON], [1], [Whether to use external python library.])
+  AX_PYTHON_DEVEL([>= 2.4])
+  PYTHON_VERSION=$ac_python_version
+
+  if test -z "$PYTHON_VERSION"; then
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE($external_python_disabled)
+    USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON=0
+  else
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE($external_python_enabled)
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using Python $PYTHON_VERSION])
+    USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON=1
+    AC_DEFINE([USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON], [1], [Whether to use external python library.])
+  fi
 else
-  AC_MSG_NOTICE($external_python_disabled)
   USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON=0
+  PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I\$(abs_top_srcdir)/lib/python/Include"
 fi
 
 # VDPAU
@@ -1401,7 +1394,8 @@ OUTPUT_FILES="Makefile \
     lib/libsquish/Makefile \
     lib/libid3tag/Makefile \
     lib/cximage-6.0/Makefile \
-    xbmc/interfaces/python/linux/Makefile \
+    xbmc/interfaces/python/Makefile \
+    xbmc/interfaces/python/xbmcmodule/Makefile \
     lib/libUPnP/Makefile \
     xbmc/DllPaths_generated.h \
     xbmc/linux/Makefile \
@@ -1434,9 +1428,7 @@ AC_SUBST(BUILD_DVDCSS)
 AC_SUBST(BUILD_GOOM)
 AC_SUBST(USE_EXTERNAL_FFMPEG)
 AC_SUBST(USE_EXTERNAL_PYTHON)
-AC_SUBST(USE_PYTHON2_6)
-AC_SUBST(USE_PYTHON2_5)
-AC_SUBST(USE_PYTHON2_4)
+AC_SUBST(PYTHON_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(OUTPUT_FILES)
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_XBMC_NONFREE)
 AC_SUBST(USE_ASAP_CODEC)