How libpython1.5.so

[Michael Hudson]

"A.M. Kuchling" <amk1 at erols.com> writes:
> Nick Belshaw writes:
>  > Whilst trying to get Python plugins to work on Gnumeric-0.23 I bumped up
>  > against the need for libpython1.5.so.0.0.0
> 
> Here's a patch to the top-level Makefile.in which adds a "shared"
> target.  Can people please try this and see if it works on your
> favorite Unix variant? 

It works on mine (bog standard redhat5.2/i686 glibc2 egcs 1.1.2) and
now gnumeric loads Python extensions! Yippee!

I had to make a small change to the patch, see below.

> It doesn't verify that you've compiled all the
> code with -fPIC or whatever's required; I'm not sure how to check or
> enforce that.  (It could do "make clean ; make CCFLAGS=<whatever>",
> but is that too extreme?)

The proper answer is to use libtool I suppose. You need to build with 
"make OPT='-g -O2 -fPIC'" rather then CCFLAGS, btw.

> Index: Makefile.in
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/python/dist/src/Makefile.in,v
> retrieving revision 1.80
> diff -C2 -r1.80 Makefile.in
> *** Makefile.in	1999/02/23 15:43:15	1.80
> --- Makefile.in	1999/04/19 00:53:28
> ***************
> *** 214,217 ****
> --- 214,226 ----
>   		libtool -o $(LDLIBRARY) -dynamic $(OTHER_LIBTOOL_OPT) $(LIBRARY) -framework System @LIBTOOL_CRUFT@ 
>   
> + # Target to make a shared library containing the interpreter
> + 
> + shared:	$(LIBRARY)
> + 	test -d .shared || mkdir .shared ; \
> + 	(cd .shared;ar x ../$(LIBRARY); $(LDSHARED) -o ../libpython$(VERSION).$(SO) *.o ); \

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------^

This period shouldn't be here.

> + 	/bin/rm -rf ./.shared 
> + 
> + 
> + 
>   $(SUBDIRS):	Makefiles
>   
> 
> -- 
> A.M. Kuchling			http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/
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Thanks a lot!

Michael