python: update soon?

[Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)]

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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.  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.


Yaakov
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