[Python-Dev] Problems w/ Python 2.2-maint and Redhat 9 (original) (raw)

Thomas Wouters thomas@xs4all.net
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 16:11:01 +0200

On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 10:22:53AM +0200, Martin v. L=F6wis wrote:

Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> writes: =20 > - exts.append( Extension('dbm', ['dbmmodule.c']) ) > + exts.append( Extension('dbm', ['dbmmodule.c'], > + libraries =3D ['gdbm']) )

I think this was an alternative for platforms where a dbm library is part of the C library. Your patch would kill those platforms - but it may be that we are talking about the empty set here.

In either case, it should only link to gdbm if gdbm exists -- which is checked for right below the patch.

--=20 Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>

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