Hi,

I am using waf to build a python extension, which works fine using the
"pyext" feature. However it may be necessary to adopt some legacy modules
that are built with a 'setup.py' file. Is there a waf tool that takes
setup.py as input?

Specifically it seems easy to do if I have access to the discovered python
version, i.e. the result of ctx.load('python'), which in my case is quite
specific, see below.

Checking for 'gcc' (c compiler)          :
/nix/store/bsw34rzr26clnarkxzgnfqa2la9gx5fy-gcc-4.7.2/bin/gcc                                                                                                      

Checking for 'g++' (c++ compiler)        :
/nix/store/bsw34rzr26clnarkxzgnfqa2la9gx5fy-gcc-4.7.2/bin/g++                                                                                                      

Checking for program python              :
/nix/store/5qmz5wc596kl7rywx56phyl2gb0052w7-python-2.7.3/bin/python  

However I cannot seem to find this path in the bld argument to the build()
function! The closest I got was this:

(Pdb) dir(*bld.tools['python'])*
['DISTUTILS_IMP', 'Errors', 'FRAG', 'INST', 'Logs', 'Options',
'PYTHON_MODULE_TEMPLATE', 'Utils', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__',
'__name__', '__package__', 'after_method', 'before_method',
'check_python_headers', 'check_python_module', 'check_python_version',
'conf', 'configure', 'extension', 'feature', 'feature_py',
'get_python_variables', 'init_pyembed', 'init_pyext', 'install_pyfile',
'options', 'os', 'process_py', 'set_bundle', 'sys']
(Pdb)
Perhaps such a thing isn't supported, but thanks for any clarity you can
give.
FDS