From 2df3e0774d35b0685523dbbe89549d22d59cdde7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: anatoly techtonik Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 12:46:44 +0300 Subject: Attempt to describe what SConf actually does for non-C programmers --- src/engine/SCons/SConf.py | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py b/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py index 068af3a..6cc8de8 100644 --- a/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py +++ b/src/engine/SCons/SConf.py @@ -1,6 +1,15 @@ """SCons.SConf Autoconf-like configuration support. + +In other words, this package allows to run series of tests to detect +capabilities of current system and generate config files (header files +in C/C++) that turn on system-specific options and optimizations. + +For example, it is possible to detect if optional libraries are present +on current system and generate config that makes compiler include them. +C compilers do not have ability to catch ImportError if some library is +not found, so these checks should be done externally. """ # -- cgit v0.12