Build pyv8 vs already installed libraries.

[utkonos]

I am trying to build pyv8 on FreeBSD and I'm having a problem.  The V8 libraries are already built and installed using the current version in the ports collection.  Is there a way to build pyv8 against those already installed libraries rather than the private version?  If so, I want to create a FreeBSD port of pyv8 so it can be part of the package management system.

Any thoughts?

[utkonos]

Flier, you mention that "v8 disabled C++ exception and RTTI by default, but boost::python need it"

I am working on a FreeBSD port of pyv8. The FreeBSD ports collection already has V8 in it here:

http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/lang/v8/

Due to the nature of the ports system, the V8 port is built from source.  I can add ports system config options that will build v8 the way that pyv8/boost::python need it to be built.  Therefore I want to make changes to the pyv8 build process that prevent it from building v8 on its own and build against the properly built v8 already installed on the system.

[Flier Lu]

ok, I think we can add a command line parameter to the setup.py, skip the v8 building stage, such as

python setup.py build --skip-build-v8

What's you opinion?

[Robert Simmons]

After skipping v8 build and if V8_HOME is not set, will it check for
installed libraries to build against?

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[Flier Lu]

You means that even you use `python setup.py v8build` to skip the v8 checkout/build phrase, setup.py still check V8_HOME and try the skipped phrase when V8_HOME is missed?