This is for BeOS users who want to build all the modules. It's
modified from setup.py version "1.37" to support BeOS build.

Contributed by Donn Cave (SF patch 411830).
diff --git a/Misc/BeOS-setup.py b/Misc/BeOS-setup.py
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+# Autodetecting setup.py script for building the Python extensions
+#
+# Modified for BeOS build.  Donn Cave, March 27 2001.
+
+__version__ = "special BeOS after 1.37"
+
+import sys, os, getopt
+from distutils import sysconfig
+from distutils import text_file
+from distutils.errors import *
+from distutils.core import Extension, setup
+from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
+
+# This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled.
+disabled_module_list = ['dbm', 'mmap', 'resource', 'nis']
+
+def find_file(filename, std_dirs, paths):
+    """Searches for the directory where a given file is located,
+    and returns a possibly-empty list of additional directories, or None
+    if the file couldn't be found at all.
+
+    'filename' is the name of a file, such as readline.h or libcrypto.a.
+    'std_dirs' is the list of standard system directories; if the
+        file is found in one of them, no additional directives are needed.
+    'paths' is a list of additional locations to check; if the file is
+        found in one of them, the resulting list will contain the directory.
+    """
+
+    # Check the standard locations
+    for dir in std_dirs:
+        f = os.path.join(dir, filename)
+        if os.path.exists(f): return []
+
+    # Check the additional directories
+    for dir in paths:
+        f = os.path.join(dir, filename)
+        if os.path.exists(f):
+            return [dir]
+
+    # Not found anywhere
+    return None
+
+def find_library_file(compiler, libname, std_dirs, paths):
+    filename = compiler.library_filename(libname, lib_type='shared')
+    result = find_file(filename, std_dirs, paths)
+    if result is not None: return result
+
+    filename = compiler.library_filename(libname, lib_type='static')
+    result = find_file(filename, std_dirs, paths)
+    return result
+
+def module_enabled(extlist, modname):
+    """Returns whether the module 'modname' is present in the list
+    of extensions 'extlist'."""
+    extlist = [ext for ext in extlist if ext.name == modname]
+    return len(extlist)
+
+class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+
+    def build_extensions(self):
+
+        # Detect which modules should be compiled
+        self.detect_modules()
+
+        # Remove modules that are present on the disabled list
+        self.extensions = [ext for ext in self.extensions
+                           if ext.name not in disabled_module_list]
+
+        # Fix up the autodetected modules, prefixing all the source files
+        # with Modules/ and adding Python's include directory to the path.
+        (srcdir,) = sysconfig.get_config_vars('srcdir')
+
+        # Figure out the location of the source code for extension modules
+        moddir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), srcdir, 'Modules')
+        moddir = os.path.normpath(moddir)
+        srcdir, tail = os.path.split(moddir)
+        srcdir = os.path.normpath(srcdir)
+        moddir = os.path.normpath(moddir)
+
+        # Fix up the paths for scripts, too
+        self.distribution.scripts = [os.path.join(srcdir, filename)
+                                     for filename in self.distribution.scripts]
+
+        for ext in self.extensions[:]:
+            ext.sources = [ os.path.join(moddir, filename)
+                            for filename in ext.sources ]
+            ext.include_dirs.append( '.' ) # to get config.h
+            ext.include_dirs.append( os.path.join(srcdir, './Include') )
+
+            # If a module has already been built statically,
+            # don't build it here
+            if ext.name in sys.builtin_module_names:
+                self.extensions.remove(ext)
+
+        # Parse Modules/Setup to figure out which modules are turned
+        # on in the file. 
+        input = text_file.TextFile('Modules/Setup', join_lines=1)
+        remove_modules = []
+        while 1:
+            line = input.readline()
+            if not line: break
+            line = line.split()
+            remove_modules.append( line[0] )
+        input.close()
+        
+        for ext in self.extensions[:]:
+            if ext.name in remove_modules:
+                self.extensions.remove(ext)
+        
+        # When you run "make CC=altcc" or something similar, you really want
+        # those environment variables passed into the setup.py phase.  Here's
+        # a small set of useful ones.
+        compiler = os.environ.get('CC')
+        linker_so = os.environ.get('LDSHARED')
+        args = {}
+        # unfortunately, distutils doesn't let us provide separate C and C++
+        # compilers
+        if compiler is not None:
+            args['compiler_so'] = compiler
+        if linker_so is not None:
+            args['linker_so'] = linker_so + ' -shared'
+        self.compiler.set_executables(**args)
+
+        build_ext.build_extensions(self)
+
+    def build_extension(self, ext):
+
+        try:
+            build_ext.build_extension(self, ext)
+        except (CCompilerError, DistutilsError), why:
+            self.announce('WARNING: building of extension "%s" failed: %s' %
+                          (ext.name, sys.exc_info()[1]))
+
+    def get_platform (self):
+        # Get value of sys.platform
+        platform = sys.platform
+        if platform[:6] =='cygwin':
+            platform = 'cygwin'
+        elif platform[:4] =='beos':
+            platform = 'beos'
+
+        return platform
+
+    def detect_modules(self):
+	try:
+		belibs = os.environ['BELIBRARIES'].split(';')
+	except KeyError:
+		belibs = ['/boot/beos/system/lib']
+	belibs.append('/boot/home/config/lib')
+	self.compiler.library_dirs.append('/boot/home/config/lib')
+	try:
+		beincl = os.environ['BEINCLUDES'].split(';')
+	except KeyError:
+		beincl = []
+	beincl.append('/boot/home/config/include')
+	self.compiler.include_dirs.append('/boot/home/config/include')
+        # lib_dirs and inc_dirs are used to search for files;
+        # if a file is found in one of those directories, it can
+        # be assumed that no additional -I,-L directives are needed.
+        lib_dirs = belibs
+        inc_dirs = beincl
+        exts = []
+
+        platform = self.get_platform()
+        
+        # Check for MacOS X, which doesn't need libm.a at all
+        math_libs = ['m']
+        if platform in ['Darwin1.2', 'beos']:
+            math_libs = []
+
+        # XXX Omitted modules: gl, pure, dl, SGI-specific modules
+
+        #
+        # The following modules are all pretty straightforward, and compile
+        # on pretty much any POSIXish platform.
+        #
+
+        # Some modules that are normally always on:
+        exts.append( Extension('regex', ['regexmodule.c', 'regexpr.c']) )
+        exts.append( Extension('pcre', ['pcremodule.c', 'pypcre.c']) )
+
+        exts.append( Extension('_weakref', ['_weakref.c']) )
+        exts.append( Extension('_symtable', ['symtablemodule.c']) )
+        exts.append( Extension('xreadlines', ['xreadlinesmodule.c']) )
+
+        # array objects
+        exts.append( Extension('array', ['arraymodule.c']) )
+        # complex math library functions
+        exts.append( Extension('cmath', ['cmathmodule.c'],
+                               libraries=math_libs) )
+
+        # math library functions, e.g. sin()
+        exts.append( Extension('math',  ['mathmodule.c'],
+                               libraries=math_libs) )
+        # fast string operations implemented in C
+        exts.append( Extension('strop', ['stropmodule.c']) )
+        # time operations and variables
+        exts.append( Extension('time', ['timemodule.c'],
+                               libraries=math_libs) )
+        # operator.add() and similar goodies
+        exts.append( Extension('operator', ['operator.c']) )
+        # access to the builtin codecs and codec registry
+        exts.append( Extension('_codecs', ['_codecsmodule.c']) )
+        # Python C API test module
+        exts.append( Extension('_testcapi', ['_testcapimodule.c']) )
+        # static Unicode character database
+        exts.append( Extension('unicodedata', ['unicodedata.c']) )
+        # access to ISO C locale support
+        exts.append( Extension('_locale', ['_localemodule.c']) )
+
+        # Modules with some UNIX dependencies -- on by default:
+        # (If you have a really backward UNIX, select and socket may not be
+        # supported...)
+
+        # fcntl(2) and ioctl(2)
+        exts.append( Extension('fcntl', ['fcntlmodule.c']) )
+        # pwd(3)
+        exts.append( Extension('pwd', ['pwdmodule.c']) )
+        # grp(3)
+        exts.append( Extension('grp', ['grpmodule.c']) )
+        # posix (UNIX) errno values
+        exts.append( Extension('errno', ['errnomodule.c']) )
+        # select(2); not on ancient System V
+        exts.append( Extension('select', ['selectmodule.c']) )
+
+        # The md5 module implements the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5
+        # Message-Digest Algorithm, described in RFC 1321.  The necessary files
+        # md5c.c and md5.h are included here.
+        exts.append( Extension('md5', ['md5module.c', 'md5c.c']) )
+
+        # The sha module implements the SHA checksum algorithm.
+        # (NIST's Secure Hash Algorithm.)
+        exts.append( Extension('sha', ['shamodule.c']) )
+
+        # Tommy Burnette's 'new' module (creates new empty objects of certain
+        # kinds):
+        exts.append( Extension('new', ['newmodule.c']) )
+
+        # Helper module for various ascii-encoders
+        exts.append( Extension('binascii', ['binascii.c']) )
+
+        # Fred Drake's interface to the Python parser
+        exts.append( Extension('parser', ['parsermodule.c']) )
+
+        # Digital Creations' cStringIO and cPickle
+        exts.append( Extension('cStringIO', ['cStringIO.c']) )
+        exts.append( Extension('cPickle', ['cPickle.c']) )
+
+        # Memory-mapped files (also works on Win32).
+        exts.append( Extension('mmap', ['mmapmodule.c']) )
+
+        # Lance Ellinghaus's modules:
+        # enigma-inspired encryption
+        exts.append( Extension('rotor', ['rotormodule.c']) )
+        # syslog daemon interface
+        exts.append( Extension('syslog', ['syslogmodule.c']) )
+
+        # George Neville-Neil's timing module:
+        exts.append( Extension('timing', ['timingmodule.c']) )
+
+        #
+        # Here ends the simple stuff.  From here on, modules need certain
+        # libraries, are platform-specific, or present other surprises.
+        #
+
+        # Multimedia modules
+        # These don't work for 64-bit platforms!!!
+        # These represent audio samples or images as strings:
+
+        # Disabled on 64-bit platforms
+        if sys.maxint != 9223372036854775807L:
+            # Operations on audio samples
+            exts.append( Extension('audioop', ['audioop.c']) )
+            # Operations on images
+            exts.append( Extension('imageop', ['imageop.c']) )
+            # Read SGI RGB image files (but coded portably)
+            exts.append( Extension('rgbimg', ['rgbimgmodule.c']) )
+
+        # readline
+        if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'readline'):
+            readline_libs = ['readline']
+            if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs +
+                                               ['/usr/lib/termcap'],
+                                               'termcap'):
+                readline_libs.append('termcap')
+            exts.append( Extension('readline', ['readline.c'],
+                                   library_dirs=['/usr/lib/termcap'],
+                                   libraries=readline_libs) )
+
+        # The crypt module is now disabled by default because it breaks builds
+        # on many systems (where -lcrypt is needed), e.g. Linux (I believe).
+
+        if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'crypt'):
+            libs = ['crypt']
+        else:
+            libs = []
+        exts.append( Extension('crypt', ['cryptmodule.c'], libraries=libs) )
+
+        # socket(2)
+        # Detect SSL support for the socket module
+        ssl_incs = find_file('openssl/ssl.h', inc_dirs,
+                             ['/usr/local/ssl/include',
+                              '/usr/contrib/ssl/include/'
+                             ]
+                             )
+        ssl_libs = find_library_file(self.compiler, 'ssl',lib_dirs,
+                                     ['/usr/local/ssl/lib',
+                                      '/usr/contrib/ssl/lib/'
+                                     ] )
+
+        if (ssl_incs is not None and
+            ssl_libs is not None):
+            exts.append( Extension('_socket', ['socketmodule.c'],
+                                   include_dirs = ssl_incs,
+                                   library_dirs = ssl_libs,
+                                   libraries = ['ssl', 'crypto'],
+                                   define_macros = [('USE_SSL',1)] ) )
+        else:
+            exts.append( Extension('_socket', ['socketmodule.c']) )
+
+        # Modules that provide persistent dictionary-like semantics.  You will
+        # probably want to arrange for at least one of them to be available on
+        # your machine, though none are defined by default because of library
+        # dependencies.  The Python module anydbm.py provides an
+        # implementation independent wrapper for these; dumbdbm.py provides
+        # similar functionality (but slower of course) implemented in Python.
+
+        # The standard Unix dbm module:
+        if platform not in ['cygwin']:
+            if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ndbm')):
+                exts.append( Extension('dbm', ['dbmmodule.c'],
+                                       libraries = ['ndbm'] ) )
+            else:
+                exts.append( Extension('dbm', ['dbmmodule.c']) )
+
+        # Anthony Baxter's gdbm module.  GNU dbm(3) will require -lgdbm:
+        if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'gdbm')):
+            exts.append( Extension('gdbm', ['gdbmmodule.c'],
+                                   libraries = ['gdbm'] ) )
+
+        # Berkeley DB interface.
+        #
+        # This requires the Berkeley DB code, see
+        # ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/db.1.85.tar.gz
+        #
+        # Edit the variables DB and DBPORT to point to the db top directory
+        # and the subdirectory of PORT where you built it.
+        #
+        # (See http://electricrain.com/greg/python/bsddb3/ for an interface to
+        # BSD DB 3.x.)
+
+        dblib = []
+        if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'db'):
+            dblib = ['db']
+        
+        db185_incs = find_file('db_185.h', inc_dirs,
+                               ['/usr/include/db3', '/usr/include/db2'])
+        db_inc = find_file('db.h', inc_dirs, ['/usr/include/db1'])
+        if db185_incs is not None:
+            exts.append( Extension('bsddb', ['bsddbmodule.c'],
+                                   include_dirs = db185_incs,
+                                   define_macros=[('HAVE_DB_185_H',1)],
+                                   libraries = dblib ) )
+        elif db_inc is not None:
+            exts.append( Extension('bsddb', ['bsddbmodule.c'],
+                                   include_dirs = db_inc,
+                                   libraries = dblib) )
+
+        # The mpz module interfaces to the GNU Multiple Precision library.
+        # You need to ftp the GNU MP library.
+        # This was originally written and tested against GMP 1.2 and 1.3.2.
+        # It has been modified by Rob Hooft to work with 2.0.2 as well, but I
+        # haven't tested it recently.   For a more complete module,
+        # refer to pympz.sourceforge.net.
+
+        # A compatible MP library unencombered by the GPL also exists.  It was
+        # posted to comp.sources.misc in volume 40 and is widely available from
+        # FTP archive sites. One URL for it is:
+        # ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.b/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume40/fgmp/part01.Z
+
+        if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'gmp')):
+            exts.append( Extension('mpz', ['mpzmodule.c'],
+                                   libraries = ['gmp'] ) )
+
+
+        # Unix-only modules
+        if platform not in ['mac', 'win32']:
+            # Steen Lumholt's termios module
+            exts.append( Extension('termios', ['termios.c']) )
+            # Jeremy Hylton's rlimit interface
+            if platform not in ['cygwin']:
+                exts.append( Extension('resource', ['resource.c']) )
+
+            # Generic dynamic loading module
+            #exts.append( Extension('dl', ['dlmodule.c']) )
+            
+            # Sun yellow pages. Some systems have the functions in libc.
+            if platform not in ['cygwin']:
+                if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'nsl')):
+                    libs = ['nsl']
+                else:
+                    libs = []
+                exts.append( Extension('nis', ['nismodule.c'],
+                                       libraries = libs) )
+
+        # Curses support, requring the System V version of curses, often
+        # provided by the ncurses library.
+        if platform == 'sunos4':
+            inc_dirs += ['/usr/5include']
+            lib_dirs += ['/usr/5lib']
+
+        if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncurses')):
+            curses_libs = ['ncurses']
+            exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],
+                                   libraries = curses_libs) )
+        elif (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'curses')):
+            if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'terminfo')):
+                curses_libs = ['curses', 'terminfo']
+            else:
+                curses_libs = ['curses', 'termcap']
+
+            exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],
+                                   libraries = curses_libs) )
+
+        # If the curses module is enabled, check for the panel module
+        if (os.path.exists('Modules/_curses_panel.c') and
+            module_enabled(exts, '_curses') and
+            self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'panel')):
+            exts.append( Extension('_curses_panel', ['_curses_panel.c'],
+                                   libraries = ['panel'] + curses_libs) )
+
+
+
+        # Lee Busby's SIGFPE modules.
+        # The library to link fpectl with is platform specific.
+        # Choose *one* of the options below for fpectl:
+
+        if platform == 'irix5':
+            # For SGI IRIX (tested on 5.3):
+            exts.append( Extension('fpectl', ['fpectlmodule.c'],
+                                   libraries=['fpe']) )
+        elif 0: # XXX how to detect SunPro?
+            # For Solaris with SunPro compiler (tested on Solaris 2.5 with SunPro C 4.2):
+            # (Without the compiler you don't have -lsunmath.)
+            #fpectl fpectlmodule.c -R/opt/SUNWspro/lib -lsunmath -lm
+            pass
+        else:
+            # For other systems: see instructions in fpectlmodule.c.
+            #fpectl fpectlmodule.c ...
+            exts.append( Extension('fpectl', ['fpectlmodule.c']) )
+
+
+        # Andrew Kuchling's zlib module.
+        # This require zlib 1.1.3 (or later).
+        # See http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
+        if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'z')):
+            exts.append( Extension('zlib', ['zlibmodule.c'],
+                                   libraries = ['z']) )
+
+        # Interface to the Expat XML parser
+        #
+        # Expat is written by James Clark and must be downloaded separately
+        # (see below).  The pyexpat module was written by Paul Prescod after a
+        # prototype by Jack Jansen.
+        #
+        # The Expat dist includes Windows .lib and .dll files.  Home page is
+        # at http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html, the current production
+        # release is always ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/xml/expat.zip.
+        #
+        # EXPAT_DIR, below, should point to the expat/ directory created by
+        # unpacking the Expat source distribution.
+        #
+        # Note: the expat build process doesn't yet build a libexpat.a; you
+        # can do this manually while we try convince the author to add it.  To
+        # do so, cd to EXPAT_DIR, run "make" if you have not done so, then
+        # run:
+        #
+        #    ar cr libexpat.a xmltok/*.o xmlparse/*.o
+        #
+        expat_defs = []
+        expat_incs = find_file('expat.h', inc_dirs, [])
+        if expat_incs is not None:
+            # expat.h was found
+            expat_defs = [('HAVE_EXPAT_H', 1)]
+        else:
+            expat_incs = find_file('xmlparse.h', inc_dirs, [])
+
+        if (expat_incs is not None and
+            self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'expat')):
+            exts.append( Extension('pyexpat', ['pyexpat.c'],
+                                   define_macros = expat_defs,
+                                   libraries = ['expat']) )
+
+        # Platform-specific libraries
+        if platform == 'linux2':
+            # Linux-specific modules
+            exts.append( Extension('linuxaudiodev', ['linuxaudiodev.c']) )
+
+        if platform == 'sunos5':
+            # SunOS specific modules
+            exts.append( Extension('sunaudiodev', ['sunaudiodev.c']) )
+
+        self.extensions.extend(exts)
+
+        # Call the method for detecting whether _tkinter can be compiled
+        self.detect_tkinter(inc_dirs, lib_dirs)
+
+
+    def detect_tkinter(self, inc_dirs, lib_dirs):
+        # The _tkinter module.
+        
+        # Assume we haven't found any of the libraries or include files
+        tcllib = tklib = tcl_includes = tk_includes = None
+        for version in ['8.4', '8.3', '8.2', '8.1', '8.0']:
+             tklib = self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
+                                                     'tk' + version )
+             tcllib = self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs,
+                                                      'tcl' + version )
+             if tklib and tcllib:
+                # Exit the loop when we've found the Tcl/Tk libraries
+                break
+
+        # Now check for the header files
+        if tklib and tcllib:
+            # Check for the include files on Debian, where
+            # they're put in /usr/include/{tcl,tk}X.Y
+            debian_tcl_include = [ '/usr/include/tcl' + version ]
+            debian_tk_include =  [ '/usr/include/tk'  + version ] + debian_tcl_include
+            tcl_includes = find_file('tcl.h', inc_dirs, debian_tcl_include)
+            tk_includes = find_file('tk.h', inc_dirs, debian_tk_include)
+
+        if (tcllib is None or tklib is None and
+            tcl_includes is None or tk_includes is None):
+            # Something's missing, so give up
+            return
+
+        # OK... everything seems to be present for Tcl/Tk.
+
+        include_dirs = [] ; libs = [] ; defs = [] ; added_lib_dirs = []
+        for dir in tcl_includes + tk_includes:
+            if dir not in include_dirs:
+                include_dirs.append(dir)
+
+        # Check for various platform-specific directories
+        platform = self.get_platform()
+        if platform == 'sunos5':
+            include_dirs.append('/usr/openwin/include')
+            added_lib_dirs.append('/usr/openwin/lib')
+        elif os.path.exists('/usr/X11R6/include'):
+            include_dirs.append('/usr/X11R6/include')
+            added_lib_dirs.append('/usr/X11R6/lib')
+        elif os.path.exists('/usr/X11R5/include'):
+            include_dirs.append('/usr/X11R5/include')
+            added_lib_dirs.append('/usr/X11R5/lib')
+        else:
+            # Assume default location for X11
+            include_dirs.append('/usr/X11/include')
+            added_lib_dirs.append('/usr/X11/lib')
+
+        # Check for BLT extension
+        if self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs + added_lib_dirs, 'BLT8.0'):
+            defs.append( ('WITH_BLT', 1) )
+            libs.append('BLT8.0')
+
+        # Add the Tcl/Tk libraries
+        libs.append('tk'+version)
+        libs.append('tcl'+version)
+
+        if platform in ['aix3', 'aix4']:
+            libs.append('ld')
+
+        # Finally, link with the X11 libraries
+        libs.append('X11')
+
+        ext = Extension('_tkinter', ['_tkinter.c', 'tkappinit.c'],
+                        define_macros=[('WITH_APPINIT', 1)] + defs,
+                        include_dirs = include_dirs,
+                        libraries = libs,
+                        library_dirs = added_lib_dirs,
+                        )
+        self.extensions.append(ext)
+
+        # XXX handle these, but how to detect?
+        # *** Uncomment and edit for PIL (TkImaging) extension only:
+        #       -DWITH_PIL -I../Extensions/Imaging/libImaging  tkImaging.c \
+        # *** Uncomment and edit for TOGL extension only:
+        #       -DWITH_TOGL togl.c \
+        # *** Uncomment these for TOGL extension only:
+        #       -lGL -lGLU -lXext -lXmu \
+
+def main():
+    setup(name = 'Python standard library',
+          version = '%d.%d' % sys.version_info[:2],
+          cmdclass = {'build_ext':PyBuildExt},
+          # The struct module is defined here, because build_ext won't be
+          # called unless there's at least one extension module defined.
+          ext_modules=[Extension('struct', ['structmodule.c'])],
+
+          # Scripts to install
+          scripts = ['Tools/scripts/pydoc']
+        )
+
+# --install-platlib
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sysconfig.set_python_build()
+    main()