Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/01/09/12:55:07
Jason Tishler wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:57:50AM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote:
>
>>Request:
>> Can somebody verify that they can now build packages without
>>-DBROKEN_LINKER when previously that switch was required?
>>
>
> I can successfully rebuild Python 2.2 without -DBROKEN_LINKER --
> specifically, the _curses module now links without any errors.
Great. Thanks for the confirmation.
>> If you maintain a package that depends on libncurses6, ensure that
>>your *CURRENT* version still works when cygncurses6.dll has been
>>upgraded -- without recompiling your client package.
>>
>
> I "tested" Cygwin Python 2.2-1 which was built against the previous
> ncurses version and did not uncover any problems. By, "tested" I mean
> imported the _curses module into the Python interpreter. I have never
> personally used this module, so I don't have the knowledge to easily
> test it further.
That should be sufficient. If it imported successfully, then it must
have been able to dlsymbol() all of the syms that it wanted from the DLL.
> Thanks for fixing the BROKEN_LINKER issue.
You're welcome (sorry it took so long -- but it was more difficult than
it should have been. ncurses is weird.)
--Chuck
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