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Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:04:48 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To: Peter Bienstman <Peter DOT Bienstman AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Cc: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: Re: building Python extension modules - crash on import
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Peter,

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 04:57:39PM +0200, Peter Bienstman wrote:
> To follow up on my own post, I've noticed that Python distutils under Cygwin
> does not link to /usr/bin/libpython2.1.dll, but rather
> to -L/usr/lib/python2.1/config -lpython2.1, which is a different library.

Yes, but /usr/lib/python2.1/config/libpython2.1.dll.a is just the import
library for /usr/bin/libpython2.1.dll.  One should preference linking
against the import library to direct linking against the DLL.

> Anyway, when I try this new approach, the linking stage fails due to extra
> leading underscores in object files. Since this is the same problem as in
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-07/msg01699.html , I'll append what
> I've done and my problems to that thread.

If you can refer me to a self contained (i.e. not dependent on other
libraries, etc.) Python C++ extension, then I'm willing to fiddle around
with it.

Jason

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