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-dnl
-dnl local autoconf/automake macros needed for heartbeat
-dnl	Started by David Lee <t.d.lee@durham.ac.uk> February 2006
-dnl
-dnl License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
-
-
-dnl AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS:  Find location of python include files.
-dnl Taken from:
-dnl	http://source.macgimp.org/
-dnl which is GPL and is attributed to James Henstridge.
-dnl
-dnl AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS([ACTION-IF-POSSIBLE], [ACTION-IF-NOT-POSSIBLE])
-dnl Imports:
-dnl	$PYTHON
-dnl Exports:
-dnl	PYTHON_INCLUDES
-
-AC_DEFUN([AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS],
-[AC_REQUIRE([AM_PATH_PYTHON])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for headers required to compile python extensions)
-dnl deduce PYTHON_INCLUDES
-py_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`
-py_exec_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`
-PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${py_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-if test "$py_prefix" != "$py_exec_prefix"; then
-  PYTHON_INCLUDES="$PYTHON_INCLUDES -I${py_exec_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-fi
-AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDES)
-dnl check if the headers exist:
-save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
-AC_TRY_CPP([#include <Python.h>],dnl
-[AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-$1],dnl
-[AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
-$2])
-CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
-])