[CMake] FindPythonLibs

[Brad King]

Andreas Beckermann wrote:
> Hi
> I have a problem with FindPythonLibs on unix: if the shared version of this 
> library is not available (but the static one is!), then dependencies of the 
> python libraries are not resolved.
> I think FindPythonLibs.cmake should place the dependencies into the 
> PYTHON_LIBRARIES variable, i.e. cmake should end up 
> using "-lpython2.4 -lutil -lpthread ..." instead of just "-lpython2.4".
> 
> One way to this would be to create a small test program that is being 
> compiled&&linked in order to test which dependencies are required. See e.g. 
> the configure tests of the KDE project "pre-cmake" (admin/acinclude.m4.in).
> I don't see a nicer solution for this problem atm, maybe anyone else does?

The FindPythonLibs module needs to be re-written for other reasons too. 
  Please add your comments here:

http://www.cmake.org/Bug/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2257

Thanks,
-Brad