"Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> what is /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so used for? > Nothing, usually. Things embedding python might use it, such as vim.
At least the interpreter uses it on systems where it's enabled... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ldd /usr/bin/python2.4 libpython2.4.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0 (0x00002aaaaabc2000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x00002aaaaadeb000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaf01000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x00002aaaab004000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.2/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00002aaaab107000) libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x00002aaaab306000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaab48a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaab597000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ --- Heiko. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list