load_dynamic problem

[Michael P. Reilly]

John Fisher <jfisher at are.berkeley.edu> wrote:
: Hey folks,

: I'm having a bit of trouble loading a C extension into Python 1.5.2.
: I'm getting the error:

: Traceback (innermost last):
:   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
:   File "bpinter.py", line 9, in ?
:     PyBPMPD = imp.load_dynamic('PyBPMPD', 'PyBPMPD.so')
: ImportError: ./PyBPMPD.so: undefined symbol: setdef

: setdef, not written by me, but called from inside PyBPMPD.c, is
: prototyped as:
:  extern int setdef(bpmparam *);

: The module itself compiles without complaint with:
:  gcc -I/usr/include/python1.5/ -shared -o PyBPMPD.so PyBPMPD.c

: I'd appreciate any ideas on the problem.  I'm rather stumped.

: Thanks,
: John

John,

It sounds like "setdef" is in some library that you are not compiling
with.  Or "setdef" was typed incorrectly in your code: resolving
symbols in shared objects is performed at runtime.

When compiling the shared object, you must include library being
referenced (the one that contains "setdef").  Preferably, that
library will be a static library (.a), or you would have to set
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or LIBPATH on some systems) to point to the
correct location at run-time.

If the library is /usr/local/lib/libdef.so or /usr/local/lib/libdef.a,
then add "-L/usr/local/lib -ldef" to the gcc command you have.

Good luck,
  -Arcege