# HG changeset patch
# Parent 4fd9407ad1125719f6d9a1c4c8c72ad3807350cd
Issue #1584: Provide options to override default search paths for Tcl and Tk
when building _tkinter.  configure has two new options; if used, both must
be specified:

  ./configure \
      --with-tcltk-includes="-I/opt/local/include" \
      --with-tcltk-libs="-L/opt/local/lib -ltcl8.5 -ltk8.5"

In addition, the options can be overridden with make:

   make \
       TCLTK_INCLUDES="-I/opt/local/include" \
       TCLTK_LIBS="-L/opt/local/lib -ltcl8.6 -ltk8.6"

diff a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@
 BUILD_GNU_TYPE=	@build@
 HOST_GNU_TYPE=	@host@
 
+# Tcl and Tk config info from --with-tcltk-includes and -libs options
+TCLTK_INCLUDES=	@TCLTK_INCLUDES@
+TCLTK_LIBS=	@TCLTK_LIBS@
+
 # The task to run while instrument when building the profile-opt target
 PROFILE_TASK=	$(srcdir)/Tools/pybench/pybench.py -n 2 --with-gc --with-syscheck
 #PROFILE_TASK=	$(srcdir)/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -535,6 +539,7 @@
 	    *) quiet="";; \
 	esac; \
 	$(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
+		_TCLTK_INCLUDES='$(TCLTK_INCLUDES)' _TCLTK_LIBS='$(TCLTK_LIBS)' \
 		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py $$quiet build
 
 # Build static library
diff a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2282,6 +2282,34 @@
 
 AC_MSG_RESULT($enable_loadable_sqlite_extensions)
 
+# Check for --with-tcltk-includes=path and --with-tcltk-libs=path
+AC_SUBST(TCLTK_INCLUDES)
+AC_SUBST(TCLTK_LIBS)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-tcltk-includes)
+AC_ARG_WITH(tcltk-includes,
+            AS_HELP_STRING([--with-tcltk-includes='-I...'], [override search for Tcl and Tk include files]),
+            [],
+            [with_tcltk_includes="default"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($with_tcltk_includes)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-tcltk-libs)
+AC_ARG_WITH(tcltk-libs,
+            AS_HELP_STRING([--with-tcltk-libs='-L...'], [override search for Tcl and Tk libs]),
+            [],
+            [with_tcltk_libs="default"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($with_tcltk_libs)
+if test x$with_tcltk_includes = xdefault || test x$with_tcltk_libs = xdefault
+then
+  if test x$with_tcltk_includes != x$with_tcltk_libs
+  then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([use both --with-tcltk-includes='...' and --with-tcltk-libs='...' or neither])
+  fi
+  TCLTK_INCLUDES=""
+  TCLTK_LIBS=""
+else
+  TCLTK_INCLUDES="$with_tcltk_includes"
+  TCLTK_LIBS="$with_tcltk_libs"
+fi
+
 # Check for --with-dbmliborder
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-dbmliborder)
 AC_ARG_WITH(dbmliborder,
diff a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1545,6 +1545,41 @@
 
         return missing
 
+    def detect_tkinter_explicitly(self):
+        # Build _tkinter using explicit locations for Tcl/Tk.
+        #
+        # This is enabled when both arguments are given to ./configure:
+        #
+        #     --with-tcltk-includes="-I/path/to/tclincludes \
+        #                            -I/path/to/tkincludes"
+        #     --with-tcltk-libs="-L/path/to/tcllibs -ltclm.n \
+        #                        -L/path/to/tklibs -ltkm.n"
+        #
+        # These values can also be specified or overriden via make:
+        #    make TCLTK_INCLUDES="..." TCLTK_LIBS="..."
+        #
+        # This can be useful for building and testing tkinter with multiple
+        # versions of Tcl/Tk.  Note that a build of Tk depends on a particular
+        # build of Tcl so you need to specify both arguments and use care when
+        # overriding.
+
+        # The _TCLTK variables are created in the Makefile sharedmods target.
+        tcltk_includes = os.environ.get('_TCLTK_INCLUDES')
+        tcltk_libs = os.environ.get('_TCLTK_LIBS')
+        if not (tcltk_includes and tcltk_libs):
+            # Resume default configuration search.
+            return 0
+
+        extra_compile_args = tcltk_includes.split()
+        extra_link_args = tcltk_libs.split()
+        ext = Extension('_tkinter', ['_tkinter.c', 'tkappinit.c'],
+                        define_macros=[('WITH_APPINIT', 1)],
+                        extra_compile_args = extra_compile_args,
+                        extra_link_args = extra_link_args,
+                        )
+        self.extensions.append(ext)
+        return 1
+
     def detect_tkinter_darwin(self, inc_dirs, lib_dirs):
         # The _tkinter module, using frameworks. Since frameworks are quite
         # different the UNIX search logic is not sharable.
@@ -1634,10 +1669,16 @@
         self.extensions.append(ext)
         return 1
 
-
     def detect_tkinter(self, inc_dirs, lib_dirs):
         # The _tkinter module.
 
+        # Check whether --with-tcltk-includes and --with-tcltk-libs were
+        # configured or passed into the make target.  If so, use these values
+        # to build tkinter and bypass the searches for Tcl and TK in standard
+        # locations.
+        if self.detect_tkinter_explicitly():
+            return
+
         # Rather than complicate the code below, detecting and building
         # AquaTk is a separate method. Only one Tkinter will be built on
         # Darwin - either AquaTk, if it is found, or X11 based Tk.