X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:references:subject:to :content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=aBD1sI8nRhFDyZk/DvRDVxaGVCBuh PIa+STlYJduRWLy5ysUKH+TCGmwhCxRjioB/bmGHHEjdnr688eguZYYQWrXNf3mY TVJ0frFgshQkv0KHJsCZPYjVI0AfoM7C12BCCaS9MJno2k63FZwlDvsQrHr93dEU arY9LrELCPuspk= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:references:subject:to :content-type; s=default; bh=HZbMuu6FTb3NHmDo3BDUTXA/e4k=; b=nqJ 9h2/4qD2CGvWmY2BXMpcY9Bn4bf08cSBfLne7pe1NcbbW+SP3NUZsag+TohBDSG/ 8vCvt+2qDKfPoz1+PjnYiecbBJd/Sw7fonhxTcLuIkAyPmi1BLfZUY7pS+Op7PUO POiCdE2HHpW83lc9Gu4bLyEsvUDjfCLi+8Lb/L2w= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=sk:python, sk:python-, H*r:2224, sk:python3 X-HELO: mail-oi1-f178.google.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:references:subject:to:user-agent; bh=s81Qn141CjNaA47oxqfxYLW5XzLc206gDHyimc8pwBk=; b=cJTPKO63vush4uWfYlR3tgNrHH+OM/mqoYYul+2DYWFHYt9hjvNjzE1TTkdtpFfb0I BcXCh1msKjQf4c/OB6wK3Zx145b+8OPimklDo+KZ6iZPRnXJdXMCSGJxaUz1lqrx3cFf pSUCYBykZqYl1uVrrlcmZCUZEL/LGhOxR8wxE3mW4wXnRrnulXJkf/7RIUdhtTnApUbM 5yN020gJfnVQEcGO5UigNSjo+stIM0f8lwzquWrYBlZSYBbFX96s0mRYVO4/8NmaF0h5 qe87n1xcG7cduRcqVCT4jcnZWK4BixJNQRsVxqk9Bzjd5CLWA3N+KuqkmZn6w9YBtlov kc2Q== Message-ID: <5c73e2de.1c69fb81.51805.32cd@mx.google.com> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:43:10 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Penny References: Subject: Re: Python extraneous dependencies To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.8.0 (cup.github.io/umber/tryst) On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:42:36, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote: > On Sat, 2019-02-23 at 16:29 -0800, Steven Penny wrote: >> I noticed that "python36" requires "binutils". > > This is needed for ctypes.util.find_library(). FWIW, on Linux, not > only binutils is used, but also gcc. > >> Further, I noticed this dependency chain: >> >> python36 > libuuid-devel > pkg-config > libglib2.0_0 > > Until 3.7, the uuid stdlib module loads libuuid via ctypes, hence the > dependency. In 3.7, there is a compiled binding, and so the -devel > dependency was dropped. Also, pkgconf will soon be providing and > replacing pkg-config, which will cause the glib2.0 dependency to be > dropped. thanks. i was interested further in comparison so i took this file: https://python.org/ftp/python/3.6.8/python-3.6.8-embed-amd64.zip then use tar for fair comparison: tar -a -c -f python-3.6.8-embed-amd64.tar.xz python-3.6.8-embed-amd64 result: $ wc -c python-3.6.8-embed-amd64.tar.xz 5630160 python-3.6.8-embed-amd64.tar.xz compare this with cygwin version: $ wc -c python36-3.6.8-1.tar.xz 5746648 python36-3.6.8-1.tar.xz and that doesnt include the other packages i previously discussed. so it almost makes more sense to not even use the cygwin version? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple