X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:47:44 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.5.24 -2 cygwin python 2.5.1 problem, "import sqlite3" fail Message-ID: <20071105234744.GB3645@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <677d37110711050406l571db71chd8f92bf0a4af7157@mail.gmail.com> <20071105161913.GA3008@tishler.net> <20071105211617.GA2964@tishler.net> <472F9072.9494BBBC@dessent.net> <472FA24D.D7964B75@dessent.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 11:44:27PM -0000, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >* Brian Dessent (Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:07:57 -0800) >> Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> > As far as I understood Jason, he just needs the SQLite headers and >> > libraries to /build/ Python with SQLite support, and he doesn't need >> > them to be "in Cygwin". >> >> That would be silly, because it would result in a totally broken python >> that would continue to throw ImportError on "import sqlite3" because the >> user would have no cygsqlite3-0.dll on their system, with no way to get >> it unless they installed third party packages that aren't part of >> Cygwin. > >If the Windows Python installation comes with more-or-less third party >sqlite3.dll, then Cygwin Python coming with a third party cygsqlite3- >0.dll (from Cygwin Ports) would be fine - at least with me... > >Anyway: no one ever noticed the lack of SQLite for quite some time and >the other ones probably found workarounds... Thorsten: You can stop digging now. The hole is deep enough. -- 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/