Fix python detection so it works on linux. Detect ulsshxmlrpc so we

can avoid building robots/tbsetdest.

Fix python detection so it works on linux. Detect ulsshxmlrpc so we
can avoid building robots/tbsetdest.
d1bf7d11 · Timothy Stack · 0489a3a0 · d1bf7d11 · d1bf7d11 · d1bf7d11
Commit d1bf7d11 authored Feb 02, 2005 by Timothy Stack
--- a/Makeconf.in
+++ b/Makeconf.in
@@ -75,3 +75,5 @@ GTK_CONFIG	= @GTK_CONFIG@
 BRAINSTEM_DIR	= @BRAINSTEM_DIR@

 host_cpu	= @host_cpu@
+
+HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP	= @HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP@
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -598,6 +598,183 @@ fi



+CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include"
+
+# BEGIN Python detection.
+for ac_prog in python python2.4 python2.3 python2.2
+do
+# Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:610: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_PYTHON'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+  case "$PYTHON" in
+  /*)
+  ac_cv_path_PYTHON="$PYTHON" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  ?:/*)			 
+  ac_cv_path_PYTHON="$PYTHON" # Let the user override the test with a dos path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS=":"
+  ac_dummy="$PATH"
+  for ac_dir in $ac_dummy; do 
+    test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+    if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
+      ac_cv_path_PYTHON="$ac_dir/$ac_word"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+PYTHON="$ac_cv_path_PYTHON"
+if test -n "$PYTHON"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""$PYTHON" 1>&6
+else
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+fi
+
+test -n "$PYTHON" && break
+done
+
+
+if test x"$PYTHON" = x""; then
+    { echo "configure: error: python not detected" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+fi
+
+PYTHON_VERSION=`${PYTHON} -V 2>&1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | cut -d '.' -f 1,2`
+PYTHON_PATH=`dirname ${PYTHON}`
+PYTHON_PATH=`dirname ${PYTHON_PATH}`
+PYTHON_INCLUDE="${PYTHON_PATH}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I${PYTHON_INCLUDE}"
+echo $ac_n "checking how to run the C preprocessor""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:656: checking how to run the C preprocessor" >&5
+# On Suns, sometimes $CPP names a directory.
+if test -n "$CPP" && test -d "$CPP"; then
+  CPP=
+fi
+if test -z "$CPP"; then
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CPP'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+    # This must be in double quotes, not single quotes, because CPP may get
+  # substituted into the Makefile and "${CC-cc}" will confuse make.
+  CPP="${CC-cc} -E"
+  # On the NeXT, cc -E runs the code through the compiler's parser,
+  # not just through cpp.
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 671 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+Syntax Error
+EOF
+ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
+{ (eval echo configure:677: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
+if test -z "$ac_err"; then
+  :
+else
+  echo "$ac_err" >&5
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  CPP="${CC-cc} -E -traditional-cpp"
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 688 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+Syntax Error
+EOF
+ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
+{ (eval echo configure:694: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
+if test -z "$ac_err"; then
+  :
+else
+  echo "$ac_err" >&5
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  CPP="${CC-cc} -nologo -E"
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 705 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+Syntax Error
+EOF
+ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
+{ (eval echo configure:711: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
+if test -z "$ac_err"; then
+  :
+else
+  echo "$ac_err" >&5
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  CPP=/lib/cpp
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+  ac_cv_prog_CPP="$CPP"
+fi
+  CPP="$ac_cv_prog_CPP"
+else
+  ac_cv_prog_CPP="$CPP"
+fi
+echo "$ac_t""$CPP" 1>&6
+
+for ac_hdr in Python.h
+do
+ac_safe=`echo "$ac_hdr" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
+echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_hdr""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:739: checking for $ac_hdr" >&5
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 744 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <$ac_hdr>
+EOF
+ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
+{ (eval echo configure:749: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
+if test -z "$ac_err"; then
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_header_$ac_safe=yes"
+else
+  echo "$ac_err" >&5
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_header_$ac_safe=no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+fi
+if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_header_'$ac_safe`\" = yes"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
+    ac_tr_hdr=HAVE_`echo $ac_hdr | sed 'y%abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz./-%ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ___%'`
+  cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
+#define $ac_tr_hdr 1
+EOF
+ 
+else
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+{ echo "configure: error: "Cannot find Python.h in ${PYTHON_INCLUDE}"" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+fi
+done
+
+
+# END Python detection.
+

 # Make sure we can run config.sub.
 if ${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} $ac_config_sub sun4 >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
@@ -605,7 +782,7 @@ else { echo "configure: error: can not run $ac_config_sub" 1>&2; exit 1; }
 fi

 echo $ac_n "checking host system type""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:609: checking host system type" >&5
+echo "configure:786: checking host system type" >&5

 host_alias=$host
 case "$host_alias" in
@@ -626,7 +803,7 @@ host_os=`echo $host | sed 's/^\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)$/\3/'`
 echo "$ac_t""$host" 1>&6

 echo $ac_n "checking build system type""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:630: checking build system type" >&5
+echo "configure:807: checking build system type" >&5

 build_alias=$build
 case "$build_alias" in
@@ -652,7 +829,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}gcc", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}gcc; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:656: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:833: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CC'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -684,7 +861,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}g++", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}g++; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:688: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:865: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CXX'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -716,7 +893,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:720: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:897: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AR'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -748,7 +925,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:752: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:929: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_RANLIB'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -780,7 +957,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}strip", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}strip; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:784: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:961: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_STRIP'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -813,7 +990,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "elvin-config", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy elvin-config; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:817: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:994: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_ELVIN_CONFIG'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -848,7 +1025,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "javac", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy javac; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:852: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:1029: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_JAVAC'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -883,7 +1060,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "jar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy jar; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:887: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:1064: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_JAR'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -919,7 +1096,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ssh", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ssh; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:923: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:1100: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_SSH'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1593,103 +1770,73 @@ fi


 #
-# Check for the robot vision system dependencies.
+# Check for ulsshxmlrpc header
 #
-echo $ac_n "checking how to run the C preprocessor""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1600: checking how to run the C preprocessor" >&5
-# On Suns, sometimes $CPP names a directory.
-if test -n "$CPP" && test -d "$CPP"; then
-  CPP=
-fi
-if test -z "$CPP"; then
-if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CPP'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+
+for ac_hdr in ulxmlrpcpp/ulxr_config.h
+do
+ac_safe=`echo "$ac_hdr" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
+echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_hdr""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:1781: checking for $ac_hdr" >&5
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
-    # This must be in double quotes, not single quotes, because CPP may get
-  # substituted into the Makefile and "${CC-cc}" will confuse make.
-  CPP="${CC-cc} -E"
-  # On the NeXT, cc -E runs the code through the compiler's parser,
-  # not just through cpp.
-  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1615 "configure"
-#include "confdefs.h"
-#include <assert.h>
-Syntax Error
-EOF
-ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
-{ (eval echo configure:1621: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
-ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
-if test -z "$ac_err"; then
-  :
-else
-  echo "$ac_err" >&5
-  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
-  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-  rm -rf conftest*
-  CPP="${CC-cc} -E -traditional-cpp"
  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1632 "configure"
+#line 1786 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
-#include <assert.h>
-Syntax Error
+#include <$ac_hdr>
 EOF
 ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
-{ (eval echo configure:1638: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+{ (eval echo configure:1791: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
 ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
 if test -z "$ac_err"; then
-  :
-else
-  echo "$ac_err" >&5
-  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
-  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
  rm -rf conftest*
-  CPP="${CC-cc} -nologo -E"
-  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1649 "configure"
-#include "confdefs.h"
-#include <assert.h>
-Syntax Error
-EOF
-ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
-{ (eval echo configure:1655: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
-ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
-if test -z "$ac_err"; then
-  :
+  eval "ac_cv_header_$ac_safe=yes"
 else
  echo "$ac_err" >&5
  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
  rm -rf conftest*
-  CPP=/lib/cpp
-fi
-rm -f conftest*
-fi
-rm -f conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_header_$ac_safe=no"
 fi
 rm -f conftest*
-  ac_cv_prog_CPP="$CPP"
 fi
-  CPP="$ac_cv_prog_CPP"
+if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_header_'$ac_safe`\" = yes"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
+    ac_tr_hdr=HAVE_`echo $ac_hdr | sed 'y%abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz./-%ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ___%'`
+  cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
+#define $ac_tr_hdr 1
+EOF
+ cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP 1
+EOF
+
+		  HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP="yes"
 else
-  ac_cv_prog_CPP="$CPP"
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 fi
-echo "$ac_t""$CPP" 1>&6
+done

+
+
+#
+# Check for the robot vision system dependencies.
+#
 for ac_hdr in linux/videodev.h
 do
 ac_safe=`echo "$ac_hdr" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_hdr""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1683: checking for $ac_hdr" >&5
+echo "configure:1830: checking for $ac_hdr" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1688 "configure"
+#line 1835 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <$ac_hdr>
 EOF
 ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
-{ (eval echo configure:1693: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+{ (eval echo configure:1840: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
 ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
 if test -z "$ac_err"; then
  rm -rf conftest*
@@ -1722,7 +1869,7 @@ done
 # Extract the first word of "gtk-config", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy gtk-config; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1726: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:1873: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_GTK_CONFIG'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1786,17 +1933,6 @@ else
 fi


-# Deal with Python mess.
-PYTHON_VERSION=`python -V 2>&1 | sed -E -e 's/^[a-zA-Z\ ]*//' -e 's/([0-9].[0-9]).*$/\1/'`
-PYTHON_INCLUDE="/usr/local/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-PYTHON_HEADER="${PYTHON_INCLUDE}/Python.h"
-
-if test ! -f $PYTHON_HEADER; then
-	{ echo "configure: error: Cannot find the Python header file Python.h" 1>&2; exit 1; }
-fi
-
-
-
 # Make sure $INSTALL is valid at any depth in our tree, i.e. make it absoulte.
 # This can be needed when no valid install is found and autoconf falls back on
 # the supplied install.sh, but we called 'configure' with a relative path.
@@ -1812,7 +1948,7 @@ fi
 # SVR4 /usr/ucb/install, which tries to use the nonexistent group "staff"
 # ./install, which can be erroneously created by make from ./install.sh.
 echo $ac_n "checking for a BSD compatible install""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1816: checking for a BSD compatible install" >&5
+echo "configure:1952: checking for a BSD compatible install" >&5
 if test -z "$INSTALL"; then
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_install'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -1873,7 +2009,7 @@ esac
 # Extract the first word of "rsync", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy rsync; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1877: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:2013: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_RSYNC'+set}'`\" = set"; then
  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -2192,6 +2328,9 @@ s%@oldincludedir@%$oldincludedir%g
 s%@infodir@%$infodir%g
 s%@mandir@%$mandir%g
 s%@PATH@%$PATH%g
+s%@PYTHON@%$PYTHON%g
+s%@CPP@%$CPP%g
+s%@PYTHON_INCLUDE@%$PYTHON_INCLUDE%g
 s%@host@%$host%g
 s%@host_alias@%$host_alias%g
 s%@host_cpu@%$host_cpu%g
@@ -2320,11 +2459,10 @@ s%@OPT_CFLAGS@%$OPT_CFLAGS%g
 s%@EVENTSYS@%$EVENTSYS%g
 s%@WINSUPPORT@%$WINSUPPORT%g
 s%@EXE_SUFFIX@%$EXE_SUFFIX%g
-s%@CPP@%$CPP%g
+s%@HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP@%$HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP%g
 s%@GTK_CONFIG@%$GTK_CONFIG%g
 s%@HAVE_MEZZANINE@%$HAVE_MEZZANINE%g
 s%@TESTMODE@%$TESTMODE%g
-s%@PYTHON_INCLUDE@%$PYTHON_INCLUDE%g
 s%@INSTALL_PROGRAM@%$INSTALL_PROGRAM%g
 s%@INSTALL_SCRIPT@%$INSTALL_SCRIPT%g
 s%@INSTALL_DATA@%$INSTALL_DATA%g

--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@ fi

 AC_SUBST(PATH)

+CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include"
+
+# BEGIN Python detection.
+AC_PATH_PROGS(PYTHON, python python2.4 python2.3 python2.2)
+
+if test x"$PYTHON" = x""; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([python not detected])
+fi
+
+PYTHON_VERSION=`${PYTHON} -V 2>&1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | cut -d '.' -f 1,2`
+PYTHON_PATH=`dirname ${PYTHON}`
+PYTHON_PATH=`dirname ${PYTHON_PATH}`
+PYTHON_INCLUDE="${PYTHON_PATH}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I${PYTHON_INCLUDE}"
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([Python.h],
+		 [],
+		 [AC_MSG_ERROR("Cannot find Python.h in ${PYTHON_INCLUDE}")])
+AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDE)
+# END Python detection.
+
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(CC,gcc)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(CXX,g++)
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR,ar)
@@ -550,6 +570,15 @@ else
 fi
 AC_SUBST(EXE_SUFFIX)

+#
+# Check for ulsshxmlrpc header
+#
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ulxmlrpcpp/ulxr_config.h],
+		 [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP)
+		  HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP="yes"])
+AC_SUBST(HAVE_ULXMLRPCPP)
+
 #
 # Check for the robot vision system dependencies.
 #
@@ -585,19 +614,6 @@ else
 fi
 AC_SUBST(TESTMODE)

-# Deal with Python mess.
-changequote(START, END)dnl
-PYTHON_VERSION=`python -V 2>&1 | sed -E -e 's/^[a-zA-Z\ ]*//' -e 's/([0-9].[0-9]).*$/\1/'`
-changequote([, ])dnl
-PYTHON_INCLUDE="/usr/local/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-PYTHON_HEADER="${PYTHON_INCLUDE}/Python.h"
-
-if test ! -f $PYTHON_HEADER; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find the Python header file Python.h])
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDE)
-
 # Make sure $INSTALL is valid at any depth in our tree, i.e. make it absoulte.
 # This can be needed when no valid install is found and autoconf falls back on
 # the supplied install.sh, but we called 'configure' with a relative path.