Jason Tishler wrote: > Chuck, > > On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:57:50AM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: > >>Request: >> Can somebody verify that they can now build packages without >>-DBROKEN_LINKER when previously that switch was required? >> > > I can successfully rebuild Python 2.2 without -DBROKEN_LINKER -- > specifically, the _curses module now links without any errors.
Great. Thanks for the confirmation. >> If you maintain a package that depends on libncurses6, ensure that >>your *CURRENT* version still works when cygncurses6.dll has been >>upgraded -- without recompiling your client package. >> > > I "tested" Cygwin Python 2.2-1 which was built against the previous > ncurses version and did not uncover any problems. By, "tested" I mean > imported the _curses module into the Python interpreter. I have never > personally used this module, so I don't have the knowledge to easily > test it further. That should be sufficient. If it imported successfully, then it must have been able to dlsymbol() all of the syms that it wanted from the DLL. > Thanks for fixing the BROKEN_LINKER issue. You're welcome (sorry it took so long -- but it was more difficult than it should have been. ncurses is weird.) --Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
