Yaakov, On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 03:14:38PM -0500, Yaakov S wrote: > Jason Tishler wrote: > > AFAICT, Cygwin Python uses the normal Python layout. > > > > On Cygwin, we have: > > > > $ ls /usr/lib/python2.4/config > > Makefile Setup.config config.c install-sh makesetup > > Setup Setup.local config.c.in libpython2.4.dll.a python.o > > > > and on Linux, we have: > > > > $ ls usr/lib/python2.4/config > > Makefile Setup.config config.c install-sh makesetup > > Setup Setup.local config.c.in libpython2.4.a python.o > > AFAIK the difference is not in config but in /usr/lib; on Linux, > libpython2.4.so* are installed in /usr/lib, allowing one to link > against python with a simple -lpython2.4, where we need - > -L/usr/lib/python2.4/config also.
Under Cygwin, the "analog" of libpython2.4.so, libpython2.4.dll, is installed in /usr/bin. So, users don't have to add /usr/lib to their PATH. > Having a copy/symlink of libpython2.4.dll.a in /usr/lib would help > make Cygwin more compatible with python-dependent autotooled packages, > which are not yet sensitive to this peculiarity. Understood. Would you be willing to champion a patch that creates a symlink of libpython2.4.dll.a in /usr/lib? Thanks, Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- 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/
