Doesn't compile in ubuntu

[tyalie]

The library doesn't compile under Ubuntu 20.04.

I've tried compiling the v8.0.0 tag, but the process crashes due to a target that cannot be compiled. I was able to trace it back to the PythonSetup.cmake with this line:

set(PYTHON_LIBRARIES "${_python_libdir}/lib${_python_libname}.so")

In summary the _ptthon_libdir and _python_libname are both empty due to the failing regex matching in the line above:

string(REGEX MATCH "-L([^ ]*) -l([^ ]*) " _python_libdir ${PYTHON_LDFLAGS})

The PYTHON_LDFLAGS variable is

# python3-config --ldflags
-L/usr/lib/python3.8/config-3.8-x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib  -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl  -lutil -lm -lm

I honestly have no idea, what you're trying to do here. The regex above would match /usr/lib and crypt (if it worked), but I doubt that is what you wanted.

[tyalie]

Okay. I've found the issue: that is a double space between -L/usr/lib and -lcrypt. But still: Are those the paths you want?

EDIT: I think I've figured it out. You wanted to have the path to the libpython3.8.so. Interesting.