[Python-Dev] Where is this flag coming from? (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:36:32 -0400

I thought this was only a 2.3 thing.

But this thread started with you reporting a 2.2.2 problem trying to compile SSL!

I just tried on the release22maint CVS branch. The bsddb module compiled and linked fine, but I don't know why. Oh, wait a minute... The release22maint branch doesn't have the bsddb bells and whistles I added to setup.py a couple months ago. Consequently, it's picking up the 1.85 version of the include file and library (which, I will remind people has known breakage).

Should I backport those changes? I think what's in 2.3's setup.py is much more robust, but if people have been getting Berkeley DB 1.85 libraries in 2.2.1 and don't get a clean compile in 2.2.2 without editing setup.py because 1.85 is all they have available, that might be construed as "more than a bugfix". Let me know what you want to do in this regard Guido.

I think it's too precarious to fix in 2.2.2.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)