python: Remove Python bindings

* README: Update.
* configure.ac: Remove checks, variables and file generations related to
the Python bindings. Remove python from available_languages and
default_languages.
* lang/Makefile.am (DIST_SUBDIRS): Remove python.
* lang/python: Remove.
* m4/ax_pkg_swig.m4, m4/ax_python_devel.m4, m4/python.m4: Remove.
--

The Python bindings have been moved to a separate Git repository:
gpgmepy.

GnuPG-bug-id: 7262

3 files changed, 0 insertions, 956 deletions

diff --git a/m4/ax_pkg_swig.m4 b/m4/ax_pkg_swig.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b778067..00000000
--- a/m4/ax_pkg_swig.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-# ===========================================================================
-#        https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_pkg_swig.html
-# ===========================================================================
-#
-# SYNOPSIS
-#
-#   AX_PKG_SWIG([major.minor.micro], [action-if-found], [action-if-not-found])
-#
-# DESCRIPTION
-#
-#   This macro searches for a SWIG installation on your system. If found,
-#   then SWIG is AC_SUBST'd; if not found, then $SWIG is empty.  If SWIG is
-#   found, then SWIG_LIB is set to the SWIG library path, and AC_SUBST'd.
-#
-#   You can use the optional first argument to check if the version of the
-#   available SWIG is greater than or equal to the value of the argument. It
-#   should have the format: N[.N[.N]] (N is a number between 0 and 999. Only
-#   the first N is mandatory.) If the version argument is given (e.g.
-#   1.3.17), AX_PKG_SWIG checks that the swig package is this version number
-#   or higher.
-#
-#   As usual, action-if-found is executed if SWIG is found, otherwise
-#   action-if-not-found is executed.
-#
-#   In configure.in, use as:
-#
-#     AX_PKG_SWIG(1.3.17, [], [ AC_MSG_ERROR([SWIG is required to build..]) ])
-#     AX_SWIG_ENABLE_CXX
-#     AX_SWIG_MULTI_MODULE_SUPPORT
-#     AX_SWIG_PYTHON
-#
-# LICENSE
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2008 Sebastian Huber <[email protected]>
-#   Copyright (c) 2008 Alan W. Irwin
-#   Copyright (c) 2008 Rafael Laboissiere <[email protected]>
-#   Copyright (c) 2008 Andrew Collier
-#   Copyright (c) 2011 Murray Cumming <[email protected]>
-#
-#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-#   Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
-#   option) any later version.
-#
-#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
-#   Public License for more details.
-#
-#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#   with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#   As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner
-#   gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure
-#   scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You
-#   need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using
-#   or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the
-#   Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern
-#   all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro.
-#
-#   This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf
-#   Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a
-#   modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
-#   exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
-
-#serial 11
-
-AC_DEFUN([AX_PKG_SWIG],[
-        # Ubuntu has swig 2.0 as /usr/bin/swig2.0
-        AC_PATH_PROGS([SWIG],[swig swig2.0])
-        if test -z "$SWIG" ; then
-                m4_ifval([$3],[$3],[:])
-        elif test -n "$1" ; then
-                AC_MSG_CHECKING([SWIG version])
-                [swig_version=`$SWIG -version 2>&1 | grep 'SWIG Version' | sed 's/.*\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/g'`]
-                AC_MSG_RESULT([$swig_version])
-                if test -n "$swig_version" ; then
-                        # Calculate the required version number components
-                        [required=$1]
-                        [required_major=`echo $required | sed 's/[^0-9].*//'`]
-                        if test -z "$required_major" ; then
-                                [required_major=0]
-                        fi
-                        [required=`echo $required | sed 's/[0-9]*[^0-9]//'`]
-                        [required_minor=`echo $required | sed 's/[^0-9].*//'`]
-                        if test -z "$required_minor" ; then
-                                [required_minor=0]
-                        fi
-                        [required=`echo $required | sed 's/[0-9]*[^0-9]//'`]
-                        [required_patch=`echo $required | sed 's/[^0-9].*//'`]
-                        if test -z "$required_patch" ; then
-                                [required_patch=0]
-                        fi
-                        # Calculate the available version number components
-                        [available=$swig_version]
-                        [available_major=`echo $available | sed 's/[^0-9].*//'`]
-                        if test -z "$available_major" ; then
-                                [available_major=0]
-                        fi
-                        [available=`echo $available | sed 's/[0-9]*[^0-9]//'`]
-                        [available_minor=`echo $available | sed 's/[^0-9].*//'`]
-                        if test -z "$available_minor" ; then
-                                [available_minor=0]
-                        fi
-                        [available=`echo $available | sed 's/[0-9]*[^0-9]//'`]
-                        [available_patch=`echo $available | sed 's/[^0-9].*//'`]
-                        if test -z "$available_patch" ; then
-                                [available_patch=0]
-                        fi
-                        # Convert the version tuple into a single number for easier comparison.
-                        # Using base 100 should be safe since SWIG internally uses BCD values
-                        # to encode its version number.
-                        required_swig_vernum=`expr $required_major \* 10000 \
-                            \+ $required_minor \* 100 \+ $required_patch`
-                        available_swig_vernum=`expr $available_major \* 10000 \
-                            \+ $available_minor \* 100 \+ $available_patch`
-
-                        if test $available_swig_vernum -lt $required_swig_vernum; then
-                                AC_MSG_WARN([SWIG version >= $1 is required.  You have $swig_version.])
-                                SWIG=''
-                                m4_ifval([$3],[$3],[])
-                        else
-                                AC_MSG_CHECKING([for SWIG library])
-                                SWIG_LIB=`$SWIG -swiglib`
-                                AC_MSG_RESULT([$SWIG_LIB])
-                                m4_ifval([$2],[$2],[])
-                        fi
-                else
-                        AC_MSG_WARN([cannot determine SWIG version])
-                        SWIG=''
-                        m4_ifval([$3],[$3],[])
-                fi
-        fi
-        AC_SUBST([SWIG_LIB])
-])
diff --git a/m4/ax_python_devel.m4 b/m4/ax_python_devel.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 8116028a..00000000
--- a/m4/ax_python_devel.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,471 +0,0 @@
-# ===========================================================================
-#     https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_python_devel.html
-# ===========================================================================
-#
-# SYNOPSIS
-#
-#   AX_PYTHON_DEVEL([version[,optional]])
-#
-# DESCRIPTION
-#
-#   Note: Defines as a precious variable "PYTHON_VERSION". Don't override it
-#   in your configure.ac.
-#
-#   This macro checks for Python and tries to get the include path to
-#   'Python.h'. It provides the $(PYTHON_CPPFLAGS) and $(PYTHON_LIBS) output
-#   variables. It also exports $(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS) and
-#   $(PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) for embedding Python in your code.
-#
-#   You can search for some particular version of Python by passing a
-#   parameter to this macro, for example ">= '2.3.1'", or "== '2.4'". Please
-#   note that you *have* to pass also an operator along with the version to
-#   match, and pay special attention to the single quotes surrounding the
-#   version number. Don't use "PYTHON_VERSION" for this: that environment
-#   variable is declared as precious and thus reserved for the end-user.
-#
-#   By default this will fail if it does not detect a development version of
-#   python.  If you want it to continue, set optional to true, like
-#   AX_PYTHON_DEVEL([], [true]).  The ax_python_devel_found variable will be
-#   "no" if it fails.
-#
-#   This macro should work for all versions of Python >= 2.1.0. As an end
-#   user, you can disable the check for the python version by setting the
-#   PYTHON_NOVERSIONCHECK environment variable to something else than the
-#   empty string.
-#
-#   If you need to use this macro for an older Python version, please
-#   contact the authors. We're always open for feedback.
-#
-# LICENSE
-#
-#   Copyright (c) 2009 Sebastian Huber <[email protected]>
-#   Copyright (c) 2009 Alan W. Irwin
-#   Copyright (c) 2009 Rafael Laboissiere <[email protected]>
-#   Copyright (c) 2009 Andrew Collier
-#   Copyright (c) 2009 Matteo Settenvini <[email protected]>
-#   Copyright (c) 2009 Horst Knorr <[email protected]>
-#   Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Mullner <[email protected]>
-#
-#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-#   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-#   Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
-#   option) any later version.
-#
-#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
-#   Public License for more details.
-#
-#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-#   with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-#   As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner
-#   gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure
-#   scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You
-#   need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using
-#   or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the
-#   Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern
-#   all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro.
-#
-#   This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf
-#   Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a
-#   modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
-#   exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
-
-#serial 36
-
-AU_ALIAS([AC_PYTHON_DEVEL], [AX_PYTHON_DEVEL])
-AC_DEFUN([AX_PYTHON_DEVEL],[
-	# Get whether it's optional
-	if test -z "$2"; then
-	   ax_python_devel_optional=false
-	else
-	   ax_python_devel_optional=$2
-	fi
-	ax_python_devel_found=yes
-
-	#
-	# Allow the use of a (user set) custom python version
-	#
-	AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON_VERSION],[The installed Python
-		version to use, for example '2.3'. This string
-		will be appended to the Python interpreter
-		canonical name.])
-
-	AC_PATH_PROG([PYTHON],[python[$PYTHON_VERSION]])
-	if test -z "$PYTHON"; then
-	   AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot find python$PYTHON_VERSION in your system path])
-	   if ! $ax_python_devel_optional; then
-	      AC_MSG_ERROR([Giving up, python development not available])
-	   fi
-	   ax_python_devel_found=no
-	   PYTHON_VERSION=""
-	fi
-
-	if test $ax_python_devel_found = yes; then
-	   #
-	   # Check for a version of Python >= 2.1.0
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a version of Python >= '2.1.0'])
-	   ac_supports_python_ver=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; \
-		ver = sys.version.split ()[[0]]; \
-		print (ver >= '2.1.0')"`
-	   if test "$ac_supports_python_ver" != "True"; then
-		if test -z "$PYTHON_NOVERSIONCHECK"; then
-			AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-			AC_MSG_WARN([
-This version of the AC@&t@_PYTHON_DEVEL macro
-doesn't work properly with versions of Python before
-2.1.0. You may need to re-run configure, setting the
-variables PYTHON_CPPFLAGS, PYTHON_LIBS, PYTHON_SITE_PKG,
-PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS and PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS by hand.
-Moreover, to disable this check, set PYTHON_NOVERSIONCHECK
-to something else than an empty string.
-])
-			if ! $ax_python_devel_optional; then
-			   AC_MSG_FAILURE([Giving up])
-			fi
-			ax_python_devel_found=no
-			PYTHON_VERSION=""
-		else
-			AC_MSG_RESULT([skip at user request])
-		fi
-	   else
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-	   fi
-	fi
-
-	if test $ax_python_devel_found = yes; then
-	   #
-	   # If the macro parameter ``version'' is set, honour it.
-	   # A Python shim class, VPy, is used to implement correct version comparisons via
-	   # string expressions, since e.g. a naive textual ">= 2.7.3" won't work for
-	   # Python 2.7.10 (the ".1" being evaluated as less than ".3").
-	   #
-	   if test -n "$1"; then
-		AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a version of Python $1])
-                cat << EOF > ax_python_devel_vpy.py
-class VPy:
-    def vtup(self, s):
-        return tuple(map(int, s.strip().replace("rc", ".").split(".")))
-    def __init__(self):
-        import sys
-        self.vpy = tuple(sys.version_info)[[:3]]
-    def __eq__(self, s):
-        return self.vpy == self.vtup(s)
-    def __ne__(self, s):
-        return self.vpy != self.vtup(s)
-    def __lt__(self, s):
-        return self.vpy < self.vtup(s)
-    def __gt__(self, s):
-        return self.vpy > self.vtup(s)
-    def __le__(self, s):
-        return self.vpy <= self.vtup(s)
-    def __ge__(self, s):
-        return self.vpy >= self.vtup(s)
-EOF
-		ac_supports_python_ver=`$PYTHON -c "import ax_python_devel_vpy; \
-                        ver = ax_python_devel_vpy.VPy(); \
-			print (ver $1)"`
-                rm -rf ax_python_devel_vpy*.py* __pycache__/ax_python_devel_vpy*.py*
-		if test "$ac_supports_python_ver" = "True"; then
-			AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-		else
-			AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-			AC_MSG_WARN([this package requires Python $1.
-If you have it installed, but it isn't the default Python
-interpreter in your system path, please pass the PYTHON_VERSION
-variable to configure. See ``configure --help'' for reference.
-])
-			if ! $ax_python_devel_optional; then
-			   AC_MSG_ERROR([Giving up])
-			fi
-			ax_python_devel_found=no
-			PYTHON_VERSION=""
-		fi
-	   fi
-	fi
-
-	if test $ax_python_devel_found = yes; then
-	   #
-	   # Check if you have distutils, else fail
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the sysconfig Python package])
-	   ac_sysconfig_result=`$PYTHON -c "import sysconfig" 2>&1`
-	   if test $? -eq 0; then
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-		IMPORT_SYSCONFIG="import sysconfig"
-	   else
-		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-
-		AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the distutils Python package])
-		ac_sysconfig_result=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig" 2>&1`
-		if test $? -eq 0; then
-			AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-			IMPORT_SYSCONFIG="from distutils import sysconfig"
-		else
-			AC_MSG_WARN([cannot import Python module "distutils".
-Please check your Python installation. The error was:
-$ac_sysconfig_result])
-			if ! $ax_python_devel_optional; then
-			   AC_MSG_ERROR([Giving up])
-			fi
-			ax_python_devel_found=no
-			PYTHON_VERSION=""
-		fi
-	   fi
-	fi
-
-	if test $ax_python_devel_found = yes; then
-	   #
-	   # Check for Python include path
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python include path])
-	   if test -z "$PYTHON_CPPFLAGS"; then
-		if test "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG" = "import sysconfig"; then
-			# sysconfig module has different functions
-			python_path=`$PYTHON -c "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG; \
-				print (sysconfig.get_path ('include'));"`
-			plat_python_path=`$PYTHON -c "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG; \
-				print (sysconfig.get_path ('platinclude'));"`
-		else
-			# old distutils way
-			python_path=`$PYTHON -c "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG; \
-				print (sysconfig.get_python_inc ());"`
-			plat_python_path=`$PYTHON -c "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG; \
-				print (sysconfig.get_python_inc (plat_specific=1));"`
-		fi
-		if test -n "${python_path}"; then
-			if test "${plat_python_path}" != "${python_path}"; then
-				python_path="-I$python_path -I$plat_python_path"
-			else
-				python_path="-I$python_path"
-			fi
-		fi
-		PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=$python_path
-	   fi
-	   AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_CPPFLAGS])
-	   AC_SUBST([PYTHON_CPPFLAGS])
-
-	   #
-	   # Check for Python library path
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python library path])
-	   if test -z "$PYTHON_LIBS"; then
-		# (makes two attempts to ensure we've got a version number
-		# from the interpreter)
-		ac_python_version=`cat<<EOD | $PYTHON -
-
-# join all versioning strings, on some systems
-# major/minor numbers could be in different list elements
-from sysconfig import *
-e = get_config_var('VERSION')
-if e is not None:
-	print(e)
-EOD`
-
-		if test -z "$ac_python_version"; then
-			if test -n "$PYTHON_VERSION"; then
-				ac_python_version=$PYTHON_VERSION
-			else
-				ac_python_version=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; \
-					print ("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[[:2]])"`
-			fi
-		fi
-
-		# Make the versioning information available to the compiler
-
-		# JW: We don't need it and it interferes with the hack
-		# to detect multiple Python versions
-		#AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([HAVE_PYTHON], ["$ac_python_version"],
-		#                   [If available, contains the Python version number currently in use.])
-
-		# First, the library directory:
-		ac_python_libdir=`cat<<EOD | $PYTHON -
-
-# There should be only one
-$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG
-e = sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR')
-if e is not None:
-	print (e)
-EOD`
-
-		# Now, for the library:
-		ac_python_library=`cat<<EOD | $PYTHON -
-
-$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG
-c = sysconfig.get_config_vars()
-if 'LDVERSION' in c:
-	print ('python'+c[['LDVERSION']])
-else:
-	print ('python'+c[['VERSION']])
-EOD`
-
-		# This small piece shamelessly adapted from PostgreSQL python macro;
-		# credits goes to momjian, I think. I'd like to put the right name
-		# in the credits, if someone can point me in the right direction... ?
-		#
-		if test -n "$ac_python_libdir" -a -n "$ac_python_library"
-		then
-			# use the official shared library
-			ac_python_library=`echo "$ac_python_library" | sed "s/^lib//"`
-			PYTHON_LIBS="-L$ac_python_libdir -l$ac_python_library"
-		else
-			# old way: use libpython from python_configdir
-			ac_python_libdir=`$PYTHON -c \
-			  "from sysconfig import get_python_lib as f; \
-			  import os; \
-			  print (os.path.join(f(plat_specific=1, standard_lib=1), 'config'));"`
-			PYTHON_LIBS="-L$ac_python_libdir -lpython$ac_python_version"
-		fi
-
-		if test -z "PYTHON_LIBS"; then
-			AC_MSG_WARN([
-  Cannot determine location of your Python DSO. Please check it was installed with
-  dynamic libraries enabled, or try setting PYTHON_LIBS by hand.
-			])
-			if ! $ax_python_devel_optional; then
-			   AC_MSG_ERROR([Giving up])
-			fi
-			ax_python_devel_found=no
-			PYTHON_VERSION=""
-		fi
-	   fi
-	fi
-
-	if test $ax_python_devel_found = yes; then
-	   AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_LIBS])
-	   AC_SUBST([PYTHON_LIBS])
-
-	   #
-	   # Check for site packages
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python site-packages path])
-	   if test -z "$PYTHON_SITE_PKG"; then
-		if test "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG" = "import sysconfig"; then
-			PYTHON_SITE_PKG=`$PYTHON -c "
-$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG;
-if hasattr(sysconfig, 'get_default_scheme'):
-    scheme = sysconfig.get_default_scheme()
-else:
-    scheme = sysconfig._get_default_scheme()
-if scheme == 'posix_local':
-    # Debian's default scheme installs to /usr/local/ but we want to find headers in /usr/
-    scheme = 'posix_prefix'
-prefix = '$prefix'
-if prefix == 'NONE':
-    prefix = '$ac_default_prefix'
-sitedir = sysconfig.get_path('purelib', scheme, vars={'base': prefix})
-print(sitedir)"`
-		else
-			# distutils.sysconfig way
-			PYTHON_SITE_PKG=`$PYTHON -c "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG; \
-				print (sysconfig.get_python_lib(0,0));"`
-		fi
-	   fi
-	   AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_SITE_PKG])
-	   AC_SUBST([PYTHON_SITE_PKG])
-
-	   #
-	   # Check for platform-specific site packages
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python platform specific site-packages path])
-	   if test -z "$PYTHON_PLATFORM_SITE_PKG"; then
-		if test "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG" = "import sysconfig"; then
-			PYTHON_PLATFORM_SITE_PKG=`$PYTHON -c "
-$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG;
-if hasattr(sysconfig, 'get_default_scheme'):
-    scheme = sysconfig.get_default_scheme()
-else:
-    scheme = sysconfig._get_default_scheme()
-if scheme == 'posix_local':
-    # Debian's default scheme installs to /usr/local/ but we want to find headers in /usr/
-    scheme = 'posix_prefix'
-prefix = '$prefix'
-if prefix == 'NONE':
-    prefix = '$ac_default_prefix'
-sitedir = sysconfig.get_path('platlib', scheme, vars={'platbase': prefix})
-print(sitedir)"`
-		else
-			# distutils.sysconfig way
-			PYTHON_PLATFORM_SITE_PKG=`$PYTHON -c "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG; \
-				print (sysconfig.get_python_lib(1,0));"`
-		fi
-	   fi
-	   AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_PLATFORM_SITE_PKG])
-	   AC_SUBST([PYTHON_PLATFORM_SITE_PKG])
-
-	   #
-	   # libraries which must be linked in when embedding
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING(python extra libraries)
-	   if test -z "$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS"; then
-	      PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS=`$PYTHON -c "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG; \
-                conf = sysconfig.get_config_var; \
-                print (conf('LIBS') + ' ' + conf('SYSLIBS'))"`
-	   fi
-	   AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS])
-	   AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS)
-
-	   #
-	   # linking flags needed when embedding
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING(python extra linking flags)
-	   if test -z "$PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS"; then
-		PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=`$PYTHON -c "$IMPORT_SYSCONFIG; \
-			conf = sysconfig.get_config_var; \
-			print (conf('LINKFORSHARED'))"`
-		# Hack for macos, it sticks this in here.
-		PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=`echo $PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS | sed 's/CoreFoundation.*$/CoreFoundation/'`
-	   fi
-	   AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
-	   AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
-
-	   #
-	   # final check to see if everything compiles alright
-	   #
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING([consistency of all components of python development environment])
-	   # save current global flags
-	   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-	   ac_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-	   ac_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-	   LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS $PYTHON_LIBS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS"
-	   LDFLAGS="$ac_save_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
-	   CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS $PYTHON_CPPFLAGS"
-	   AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
-	   AC_LINK_IFELSE([
-		AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <Python.h>]],
-				[[Py_Initialize();]])
-		],[pythonexists=yes],[pythonexists=no])
-	   AC_LANG_POP([C])
-	   # turn back to default flags
-	   CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
-	   LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
-	   LDFLAGS="$ac_save_LDFLAGS"
-
-	   AC_MSG_RESULT([$pythonexists])
-
-	   if test ! "x$pythonexists" = "xyes"; then
-	      AC_MSG_WARN([
-  Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been
-  installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure,
-  via the LIBS environment variable.
-  Example: ./configure LIBS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib"
-  ============================================================================
-   ERROR!
-   You probably have to install the development version of the Python package
-   for your distribution.  The exact name of this package varies among them.
-  ============================================================================
-	      ])
-	      if ! $ax_python_devel_optional; then
-		 AC_MSG_ERROR([Giving up])
-	      fi
-	      ax_python_devel_found=no
-	      PYTHON_VERSION=""
-	   fi
-	fi
-
-	#
-	# all done!
-	#
-])
diff --git a/m4/python.m4 b/m4/python.m4
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--- a/m4/python.m4
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@@ -1,350 +0,0 @@
-## ------------------------                                 -*- Autoconf -*-
-## Python file handling
-## From Andrew Dalke
-## Updated by James Henstridge and other contributors.
-## Updated by Werner Koch 2018-10-17
-## ------------------------
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-#
-# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
-# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
-# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
-
-
-# AM_PATH_PYTHON([MINIMUM-VERSION], [ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]
-#                [INTERPRETER-LIST])
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Adds support for distributing Python modules and packages.  To
-# install modules, copy them to $(pythondir), using the python_PYTHON
-# automake variable.  To install a package with the same name as the
-# automake package, install to $(pkgpythondir), or use the
-# pkgpython_PYTHON automake variable.
-#
-# The variables $(pyexecdir) and $(pkgpyexecdir) are provided as
-# locations to install python extension modules (shared libraries).
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-# extension modules.
-#
-# If your package is configured with a different prefix to python,
-# users will have to add the install directory to the PYTHONPATH
-# environment variable, or create a .pth file (see the python
-# documentation for details).
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-# If the MINIMUM-VERSION argument is passed, AM_PATH_PYTHON will
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- [
-  dnl Find a Python interpreter.  Python versions prior to 3.9 are
-  dnl end-of-life and not supported, with the exception of 2.7 and 3.6.
-  m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST],
-[python2 python2.7 dnl
- python dnl
- python3 python3.13 python3.12 python3.11 python3.10 python3.9 python3.6
- ])
-
-  AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON], [the Python interpreter])
-
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-			       AC_MSG_ERROR([Python interpreter is too old])])
-      am_display_PYTHON=$PYTHON
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-  [
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-     [am_cv_python_prefix],
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-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for $am_display_PYTHON extension module directory (pyexecdir)],
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-     am_py_exec_prefix=$am_cv_python_exec_prefix
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