3 files changed, 39 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 1f67aa0..58f6091 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ ifneq ($(ARCH),$(filter $(ARCH),x86 arm))
   NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
-  CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SKIP_CALLCHAIN_IDX
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(LIBUNWIND_LIBS),)
   NO_LIBUNWIND := 1
 else
@@ -120,6 +116,29 @@ ifdef PARSER_DEBUG
   CFLAGS             += -DPARSER_DEBUG
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_LIBPYTHON
+  # Try different combinations to accommodate systems that only have
+  # python[2][-config] in weird combinations but always preferring
+  # python2 and python2-config as per pep-0394. If we catch a
+  # python[-config] in version 3, the version check will kill it.
+  PYTHON2 := $(if $(call get-executable,python2),python2,python)
+  override PYTHON := $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON,$(PYTHON2))
+  PYTHON2_CONFIG := \
+    $(if $(call get-executable,$(PYTHON)-config),$(PYTHON)-config,python-config)
+  override PYTHON_CONFIG := \
+    $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON_CONFIG,$(PYTHON2_CONFIG))
+
+  PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ := $(call shell-sq,$(PYTHON_CONFIG))
+
+  PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --ldflags 2>/dev/null)
+  PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --cflags 2>/dev/null)
+
+  FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
+  FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+  FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython-version := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
+  FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libpython-version := $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
+endif
+
 CFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 CFLAGS += -ggdb3
 CFLAGS += -funwind-tables
@@ -355,6 +374,12 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
   endif # NO_DWARF
 endif # NO_LIBELF
 
+ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
+  ifndef NO_DWARF
+    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_SKIP_CALLCHAIN_IDX
+  endif
+endif
+
 ifndef NO_LIBUNWIND
   ifneq ($(feature-libunwind), 1)
     msg := $(warning No libunwind found. Please install libunwind-dev[el] >= 1.1 and/or set LIBUNWIND_DIR);
@@ -482,21 +507,14 @@ define disable-python_code
   NO_LIBPYTHON := 1
 endef
 
-override PYTHON := \
-  $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON,python)
-
-ifndef PYTHON
-  $(call disable-python,python interpreter)
+ifdef NO_LIBPYTHON
+  $(call disable-python)
 else
 
-  PYTHON_WORD := $(call shell-wordify,$(PYTHON))
-
-  ifdef NO_LIBPYTHON
-    $(call disable-python)
+  ifndef PYTHON
+    $(call disable-python,python interpreter)
   else
-
-    override PYTHON_CONFIG := \
-      $(call get-executable-or-default,PYTHON_CONFIG,$(PYTHON)-config)
+    PYTHON_WORD := $(call shell-wordify,$(PYTHON))
 
     ifndef PYTHON_CONFIG
       $(call disable-python,python-config tool)
@@ -635,11 +653,13 @@ else
 sysconfdir = $(prefix)/etc
 ETC_PERFCONFIG = etc/perfconfig
 endif
+ifndef lib
 ifeq ($(IS_X86_64),1)
 lib = lib64
 else
 lib = lib
 endif
+endif # lib
 libdir = $(prefix)/$(lib)
 
 # Shell quote (do not use $(call) to accommodate ancient setups);
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 6088f8d..72ab298 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -101,25 +101,11 @@ FLAGS_PERL_EMBED=$(PERL_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PERL_EMBED_LDOPTS)
 test-libperl.bin:
 	$(BUILD) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED)
 
-override PYTHON := python
-override PYTHON_CONFIG := python-config
-
-escape-for-shell-sq =  $(subst ','\'',$(1))
-shell-sq = '$(escape-for-shell-sq)'
-
-PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ = $(call shell-sq,$(PYTHON_CONFIG))
-
-PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS = $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --ldflags 2>/dev/null)
-PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS = $(call strip-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS))
-PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD = $(call grep-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS))
-PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS = $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --cflags 2>/dev/null)
-FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED = $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
-
 test-libpython.bin:
-	$(BUILD) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED)
+	$(BUILD)
 
 test-libpython-version.bin:
-	$(BUILD) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED)
+	$(BUILD)
 
 test-libbfd.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -lz -liberty -ldl
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/utilities.mak b/tools/perf/config/utilities.mak
index 4d985e0..7076a62 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/utilities.mak
+++ b/tools/perf/config/utilities.mak
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ endef
 #
 # Usage: bool-value = $(call is-absolute,path)
 #
-is-absolute = $(shell echo $(shell-sq) | grep ^/ -q && echo y)
+is-absolute = $(shell echo $(shell-sq) | grep -q ^/ && echo y)
 
 # lookup
 #