X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4474BEAE.3040600@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 15:14:38 -0500 From: "Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: python: update soon? References: <446BDB51.9060906@users.sourceforge.net> <20060518131754.GD836@tishler.net> <446CED1D.5080202@users.sourceforge.net> <20060519132037.GC2848@tishler.net> In-Reply-To: <20060519132037.GC2848@tishler.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason Tishler wrote: > AFAICT, Cygwin Python uses the normal Python layout. > > On Cygwin, we have: > > $ ls /usr/lib/python2.4/config > Makefile Setup.config config.c install-sh makesetup > Setup Setup.local config.c.in libpython2.4.dll.a python.o > > and on Linux, we have: > > $ ls usr/lib/python2.4/config > Makefile Setup.config config.c install-sh makesetup > Setup Setup.local config.c.in libpython2.4.a python.o AFAIK the difference is not in config but in /usr/lib; on Linux, libpython2.4.so* are installed in /usr/lib, allowing one to link against python with a simple -lpython2.4, where we need - -L/usr/lib/python2.4/config also. Having a copy/symlink of libpython2.4.dll.a in /usr/lib would help make Cygwin more compatible with python-dependent autotooled packages, which are not yet sensitive to this peculiarity. Yaakov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdL6rpiWmPGlmQSMRAsESAKCmfFcZEpj067YzUaGiLsyq3ySlkgCg7D7U CAaIJYG2WvtxjBr+JCarPwo= =Hs4j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/