python: finding specific library version via CMake

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jun 24, 2015, at 3:04 PM, Mark Moll wrote:

> Part of the problem is that there is no way to force the default CMake modules for finding an python interpreter and python libraries to agree on the same version. As a way around that I wrote my own FindPython.cmake:
> 
> https://bitbucket.org/ompl/ompl/src/tip/CMakeModules/FindPython.cmake
> 
> You can then specify a specific version:
> 
> 	find_package(python 3.4)
> 
> This will define PYTHON_EXEC, PYTHON_LIBRARIES, PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS, PYTHON_SITE_MODULES, and PYTHON_VERSION. If you run cmake like so:
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> 	cmake -DPYTHON_EXEC=/opt/local/bin/python3.4 ..
> 
> then the other variables are automatically defined appropriately.
> 
> You can also use it to find python modules:
> 
> 	find_python_module(numpy [version] [REQUIRED|QUIET])

Have you tried to contribute your FindPython.cmake to the developers of cmake for inclusion in cmake?