When --with-thread(s) is specified, the thread module is now automatically
enabled. This is done through a substitution in Modules/Setup.thread(.in).
Bill Janssen will be happy. The original idea was by Lele Gaifax (though
I changed the implementation to use a separate file).
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c7bd276..093bd73 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@
AC_ERROR(--with(out)-readline is obsolete, edit Modules/Setup instead)],
[AC_MSG_RESULT(not specified.)])
+AC_SUBST(USE_THREAD_MODULE)
+USE_THREAD_MODULE="#"
+
AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-dec-threads)
AC_SUBST(LDLAST)
AC_ARG_WITH(dec-threads,
@@ -369,6 +372,7 @@
AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-thread)
AC_ARG_WITH(thread, [--with-thread[=DIRECTORY] make interpreter thread-safe], [
+USE_THREAD_MODULE=
AC_MSG_RESULT($withval)
if test -d "$withval"
then LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$withval"
@@ -642,4 +646,5 @@
Objects/Makefile \
Parser/Makefile \
Python/Makefile \
- Modules/Makefile.pre)
+ Modules/Makefile.pre \
+ Modules/Setup.thread)