[C++-sig] import problems with Boost.Python on Cygwin

[David Abrahams]

Koen Van Herck <koen_van_herck at yahoo.com> writes:

> I've got a Boost.Python project working fine on cygwin 1.5.18, python 2.4.1 
> (cygwin binary install), gcc 3.4.4. When I recently ran the cygwin setup.exe 
> it automatically upgraded cygwin to 1.5.19, and now my project still 
> compiles fine but when I import my module in Python's interactive shell, 
> python silently returns to the shell prompt. No error, just exits. I rebuilt 
> Boost.Python from source, but no difference. 
> I reverted cygwin to 1.5.18, and it works fine again. 

You probably need to rebuild your libboost_python and all related
extension modules.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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