WINCVS using cygwin's python?

Brian Ford ford@vss.fsi.com
Wed Sep 1 15:19:00 GMT 2004


On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Jason Pearce wrote:

> Has anyone used WinCVS 1.3 and managed to get the Python macros working
> with Cygwin's Python?

Probably not.

> I have tried entering D:\cygwin\bin\libpython2.3.dll as the python dll
> under the WinCVS's admin=>preferences=>wincvs configuration but it does
> not seem register as having Python available.

Loading Cygwin based DLLs dynamically from non-Cygwin programs has been
broken for a very long time.  Please check the archives if you want more
information.  It comes up continually.

-- 
Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...

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