I'm using Python 2.5.1, and I'm trying to use the module library as a Zip file (for example, with python25_d.dll, the module library file would be called python25_d.zip). This works for the basic modules that come with Python (os, sys, site, etc.), and it even seems to work when I place my own Python-based modules within the Zip file (e.g., my_module.py). My Python modules are found within the library Zip file.
However, my Python module is dependent upon a SWIG-generated shared library, which also has it's own Python module. When placed into the Zip file, the SWIG Python module is found, but the shared library file (the compiled C shared library) is not. I've stepped through the Python code to try and see what's happening, but when it comes to looking in the Zip file (python25_d.zip) for this shared library (*.pyd), it won't find it. When I place all the files in the same folder as the executable (outside the python25_d.zip) file, they are found by the run-time system, and everything is happy. I've also tried a properly constructed 'site-package' within the Zip file, with the SWIG-generated files contained within, but that doesn't work either. It's almost like shared libraries are disallowed from the module library Zip format. Is there a trick, or some special location where it needs to be placed? Any help with this would be appreciated. Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
