[...] > > > > Just think about this horror: gcc/libstdc++ update and your package manager > > stops working.... > > Hehehehe. Guess what python is linked against (It doesn't have to be > linked against libstdc++, but it usually is)? =P
CPython is written in C and has no C++ dependencies: $ ldd `which python` linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7ffd000) libpython2.5.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libpython2.5.so.1.0 (0x455b0000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x421c9000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x421af000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x42feb000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x42189000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x42052000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x41000000) -- Albert W. Hopkins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list