configure.ac: Remove Check For Python

Since we are now using the common autotools module for generating the
complete Visual Studio ATK projects, we don't need to check for Python
anymore during configure, so we can just drop the Python part.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=755114

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f5c27bf..2042da4 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -215,20 +215,6 @@ if test "x$enable_rebuilds" = "xyes" && \
 fi
 AC_SUBST(REBUILD)
 
-# option to specify python interpreter to use; this just sets $PYTHON, so that
-# we will fallback to reading $PYTHON if --with-python is not given, and
-# python.m4 will get the expected input.
-# This dependency on Python is for 'make dist', so normal builds would not
-# need Python
-AC_ARG_WITH(python,
-            AS_HELP_STRING([--with-python=PATH],
-                           [Path to Python interpreter; searches $PATH if only a program name is given; if not given, searches for a few standard names such as "python3" or "python2"]),
-            [PYTHON="$withval"], [])
-if test x"$PYTHON" = xyes; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-python option requires a path or program argument])
-fi
-AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.5,,PYTHON="/usr/bin/env python2.5")
-
 # Check for the visibility flags
 ATK_HIDDEN_VISIBILITY_CFLAGS=""
 case "$host" in