build python bindings with autotools on travis (#991)

build python bindings with autotools on travis

.travis.yml

@@ -159,11 +159,10 @@ script:
   - cd ..
 
 # run through autotools and ./configure to make sure it works
-# TODO: --enable-python-bindings
   - 'if [[ "$autotools" == "1" ]]; then
       ./autotool.sh &&
       export CXX=g++-5 &&
-      ./configure --enable-debug --enable-encryption --enable-examples --enable-tests &&
+      ./configure --enable-debug --enable-encryption --enable-examples --enable-tests --enable-python-binding &&
       make -j2 check;
     fi'
 

bindings/python/setup.py

@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ else:
 		extra_link = flags.parse(ldflags)
 		extra_compile = flags.parse(extra_cmd)
 
+		# for some reason distutils uses the CC environment variable to determine
+		# the compiler to use for C++
+		os.environ["CC"] = os.environ['CXX']
+
 		ext = [Extension('libtorrent',
 			sources = source_list,
 			language='c++',