Autotools: include python script in ./configure.sh

Question

Building of our Linux C application is performed by GNU Autotools, and during the one we need to look through client's file system and construct quite complex configurational files. From our point of view, Python scripting is the best way to solve this problem.

1. So, is it possible to run custom python script inside ./configure.sh?
2. How should the configure.ac and Makefile.am files be changed for this purpose?

Thank you.

Answer 1

I'm kind of assuming configure.sh is configure.

1. Sure. configure is just a shell script.
2. automake has facilities for Python, the Autoconf Macro Archive has some Python macros also.