Setup for Posix systems:

specify the environment variable MARIADB_CONFIG which points to the location
of mariadb_config program.

mariadb_posix.py

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import os
+import string
+
+class MariaDBConfiguration():
+  lib_dirs= ""
+  libs= ""
+  version= ""
+  includes= ""
+
+
+def mariadb_config(config, option):
+  from os import popen
+  file= popen("%s --%s" % (config, option))
+  data= file.read().strip().split()
+  rc= file.close()
+  if rc:
+    if rc/256:
+      data= []
+    if rc/256 > 1:
+      raise EnvironmentError("mariadb_config not found. Hint: you can specify environment variable MARIADB_CONFIG which points to the location of mariadb_config")
+  return data
+
+
+def dequote(s):
+  if s[0] in "\"'" and s[0] == s[-1]:
+   s = s[1:-1]
+  return s
+
+def get_config():
+  required_version="3.1.0"
+
+  try:
+    config_prg= os.environ["MARIADB_CONFIG"]
+  except KeyError:
+    print("Please set the environment variable MARIADB_CONFIG which points to the location of the mariadb_config program")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+  cc_version= mariadb_config(config_prg, "cc_version")
+  if cc_version[0] < required_version:
+    print("MariaDB Connector/C required MariaDB Connector/C >= %s") % (required_version)
+    sys.exit(2)
+  cfg= MariaDBConfiguration()
+  cfg.version= cc_version[0]
+
+  libs= mariadb_config(config_prg, "libs")
+  cfg.lib_dirs = [ dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith("-L") ]
+  cfg.libs = [ dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith("-l") ]
+  includes= mariadb_config(config_prg, "include")
+  mariadb_includes = [ dequote(i[2:]) for i in includes if i.startswith("-I") ]
+  mariadb_includes.extend(["./include"])
+  cfg.includes= mariadb_includes
+  return cfg

setup.py

@@ -6,56 +6,21 @@ import subprocess
 import string
 
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
-from optparse import OptionParser
 
-def mariadb_config(config, option):
+if os.name == "posix":
-  from os import popen
+  from mariadb_posix import get_config
-  if config is None:
-    config="mariadb_config"
-  file= popen("%s --%s" % (config, option))
-  data= file.read().strip().split()
-  rc= file.close()
-  if rc:
-    if rc/256:
-      data= []
-    if rc/256 > 1:
-      raise EnvironmentError("mariadb_config not found")
-  return data
-
-
-def dequote(s):
-  if s[0] in "\"'" and s[0] == s[-1]:
-   s = s[1:-1]
-  return s
-
-parser=OptionParser()
-parser.add_option("--mariadb_config", dest="mariadb_config",
-                  help="Location of mariadb_config")
-required_version="3.1.0"
-
-optlist, args= parser.parse_args()
-cc_version= mariadb_config(optlist.mariadb_config, "cc_version")
-if cc_version[0] < required_version:
-  print("MariaDB Connector/C required MariaDB Connector/C >= %s") % (required_version)
-  sys.exit(2)
-libs= mariadb_config(optlist.mariadb_config, "libs")
-mariadb_lib_dirs = [ dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith("-L") ]
-mariadb_libs = [ dequote(i[2:]) for i in libs if i.startswith("-l") ]
-includes= mariadb_config(optlist.mariadb_config, "include")
-mariadb_includes = [ dequote(i[2:]) for i in includes if i.startswith("-I") ]
-mariadb_includes.extend(["./include"])
-if optlist.mariadb_config is not None:
-  sys.argv.remove("--mariadb_config=%s" % (optlist.mariadb_config))
 
+cfg= get_config()
 
 setup(name='mariadb',
      version='0.9.1',
      description='Python MariaDB extension',
      author='Georg Richter',
+     license='LGPL 2.1',
      url='http://www.mariadb.com',
      ext_modules=[Extension('mariadb', ['src/mariadb.c', 'src/mariadb_connection.c', 'src/mariadb_exception.c', 'src/mariadb_cursor.c', 'src/mariadb_codecs.c', 'src/mariadb_field.c', 'src/mariadb_dbapitype.c', 'src/mariadb_indicator.c'],
-     include_dirs=mariadb_includes,
+     include_dirs=cfg.includes,
-     library_dirs= mariadb_lib_dirs,
+     library_dirs= cfg.lib_dirs,
-     libraries= mariadb_libs
+     libraries= cfg.libs
      )],
      )