[Python-Dev] Importing extensions on Windows 95

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Rebooting the thread...

While testing mxNumber, I discovered what looks like a bug in
Win95: both Thomas Heller and I are seeing a problem with 
Python 2.1 when importing extension modules which rely on other 
DLLs as library.

Interestingly, the problem only shows up when starting Python
from the installation directory. Looking at the imports using
python -vv shows that in this situation, Python tries to import
modules, packages, extensions etc. using *relative* paths.

Now, under Win98 there is no problem, but Win95 doesn't seem
to like these relative imports when it comes to .pyd files
which reference DLLs in the same directory. It doesn't have
any problems when Python is started outside the installation
dir, since in that case Python uses absolute paths for importing
modules and extensions.

Would it be hard to tweak Python into always using absolute search
paths during module import ?

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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