import os
import sipconfig
from PyQt4 import QtCore

sip_inc_dir = "/usr/share/sip/PyQt4"

basename = "highlight"

# The name of the SIP build file generated by SIP and used by the build system.
build_file = basename + ".sbf"

# Get the SIP configuration information.
config = sipconfig.Configuration()

# print ("sip_flags", QtCore.PYQT_CONFIGURATION["sip_flags"])

# Run SIP to generate the code.
os.system(" ".join([config.sip_bin, "-c", ".", "-b", build_file,
                    "-I" + sip_inc_dir,
                    QtCore.PYQT_CONFIGURATION["sip_flags"],
                    basename + ".sip"]))

# Create the Makefile.
makefile = sipconfig.SIPModuleMakefile(config, build_file)

cflags = os.popen ("pkg-config QtGui --cflags").read()
libs = os.popen ("pkg-config QtGui --libs").read()

makefile.extra_cxxflags = cflags.split ()
makefile.extra_lflags = libs.split ()

# Generate the Makefile itself.
makefile.generate()

# https://github.com/zanton/hello-sip-pyqt5