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Re: Cygwin Python with a static Python library?


Gerrit,

On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:44:29PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Now I think:  What is the difference, to link against a .dll which
> exports the symbols or link against an executable which exports
> the symbols...?

Not much, but now you have one less DLL as a dependency.  It appears
to make people "freezing" Python scripts (into executables) happy. :,)

> Anyway, who wants to get a static libperl just needs to rebuild perl
> and there it is.

Unfortunately, Python with a static libpython needs some help during
the build process.  This issue has just become visible now that Python
has a "--disable-shared" configure option.  I have submitted a patch
(which has been accepted) to default to "--enable-shared" under Cygwin.
I currently have no plans to submit a patch to enable clean building of
Cygwin Python when configured with "--disable-shared".

Jason

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