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On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 02:40:15PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Jason Tishler, le Mon 12 Mar 2007 08:19:32 -0500, a ?crit :
> > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:54:46AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > I'd need to use pyrexc for building python bindings, is there any
> > > plans for including it in the cygwin distribution?  (the upstream
> > > tgz currently installs just fine).
> > 
> > Would you like to contribute this package?
> 
> Why not, but maybe it's easier to have the same person manage related
> packages?

Easier for who? :,)

> [snip]
> 
> So maybe the ac_python_devel.m4 file is just buggy actually:
> 
> 		PYTHON_LDFLAGS=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils.sysconfig import *; \
> 			from string import join; \
> 			print '-L' + get_python_lib(0,1), \
> 		      	'-lpython';"`$py_version
> 
> Maybe it should append config/ to get_python_lib(0,1) ?

That would fix the problem for Cygwin.  Unfortunately, I don't know how
it will affect all the other platforms.

> > AFAICT, Distutils sets gcc's -L correctly under Cygwin.
> 
> Mmm, how?  This didn't work for me.

The normal "python setup.py" has always worked for me.

> > > Could this somehow be fixed?
> > 
> > But, where should this be fixed?  Cygwin Python's shared extension
> > support hasn't changed in a long time.  I'm afraid I'll break someone's
> > build, if I move libpython2.4.dll.a to another directory.
> 
> Maybe not moving it, but doing like in Linux: providing it in /usr/lib
> too?

I'm willing to symlink or copy libpython2.4.dll.a to /usr/lib, if it is
determined to be the best solution.  Would you be willing to do the leg
work?

Thanks,
Jason

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