1.5.24 -2 cygwin python 2.5.1 problem, "import sqlite3" fail

Max Bowsher maxb1@ukf.net
Wed Nov 7 09:10:00 GMT 2007


Jason Tishler wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 08:06:37PM -0000, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>> * Jason Tishler (Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:19:13 -0500)
>>> [snip]
>>> AFAICT, Python's _sqlite3 extension module is dependent on SQLite
>>> <http://www.sqlite.org/> which is not part of the standard Cygwin
>>> distribution.  This is why Cygwin Python does not contain
>>> _sqlite3.dll.
>> Well, but it should because it's a part of a standard Python
>> installation. See "New, Improved, and Removed Modules": "If you're
>> compiling the Python source yourself, note that the source tree
>> doesn't include the SQLite code, only the wrapper module. You'll need
>> to have the SQLite libraries and headers installed before compiling
>> Python, and the build process will compile the module when the
>> necessary headers are available."
> 
> Understood, but as I indicated above, SQLite is not part of the standard
> Cygwin distribution.  If someone contributes SQLite, then I will release
> Cygwin Python with SQLite support enabled.

Sorry about that, I've had SQLite sitting in an ITPed, GTGed, and
forgotten-about state for a long time.

Now uploaded.

Max.

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