+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Write the SWIG version to a header file
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if USE_SWIG:
+ try:
+ # It may come on either stdout or stderr, depending on the
+ # version, so read both.
+ i, o, e = os.popen3(SWIG + ' -version', 't')
+ stext = o.read() + e.read()
+ import re
+ match = re.search(r'[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$', stext, re.MULTILINE)
+ if not match:
+ raise 'NotFound'
+ SVER = match.group(0)
+ open('include/wx/wxPython/swigver.h', 'w').write('''\
+// This file was generated by setup.py
+
+#define wxPy_SWIG_VERSION "SWIG-%s"
+''' % SVER)
+ msg('Using SWIG-' + SVER)
+
+ except:
+ msg('\nUnable to get SWIG version number\n')
+
+