mx_include_dir in setup.cfg.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2005-12-11  Federico Di Gregorio  <fog@initd.org>
 
+	* setup.py: half-applied patch from Tavis to specify mx_include_dir
+	in setup.cfg.
+
 	* psycopg/typecast.c (typecast_parse_time): cz limit in the while
 	loop is 6, not 5. This solve the problem with "fractionary" time zones
 	and fixes #78. 

setup.cfg

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ use_pydatetime=1
 # with old versions of psycopg 1 and pre-beta versions of psycopg 2.)
 use_decimal=0
 
+# If the build system does not find the mx.DateTime headers, try 
+# uncommenting the following line and setting its value to the right path.
+#mx_include_dir=
+
 # "include_dirs" is the preferred method for locating postgresql headers,
 # but some extra checks on sys.platform will still be done in setup.py.
 # The next line is the default as used on psycopg author Debian laptop:

setup.py

@@ -77,13 +77,11 @@ class psycopg_build_ext(build_ext):
     user_options = build_ext.user_options[:]
     user_options.extend([
         ('pgdir=', None, 
-         "The postgresql directory, either source or bin"),
+         "The postgresql directory, either source or bin (win32 only)"),
         ('use-pg-dll', None, 
-         "Build against libpq.dll"),
+         "Build against libpq.dll (win32 only)"),
         ('use-pydatetime', None,
          "Use Python datatime objects for date and time representation."),
-        ('use-decimal', None,
-         "Use Decimal type even on Python 2.3 if the module is provided."),
     ])
     
     boolean_options = build_ext.boolean_options[:]
@@ -282,7 +280,10 @@ have_mxdatetime = False
 use_pydatetime  = int(parser.get('build_ext', 'use_pydatetime'))
 
 # check for mx package
-mxincludedir = os.path.join(get_python_inc(plat_specific=1), "mx")
+if parser.has_option('build_ext', 'mx_include_dir'):
+    mxincludedir = parser.get('build_ext', 'mx_include_dir')
+else:
+    mxincludedir = os.path.join(get_python_inc(plat_specific=1), "mx")
 if os.path.exists(mxincludedir):
     include_dirs.append(mxincludedir)
     define_macros.append(('HAVE_MXDATETIME','1'))