[Pythonmac-SIG] can't link Python 2.4.1 against external libxml2 ...

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robert,

> Foundation is its own framework (see /System/Library/Frameworks)

yup.

> which is implicitly linked in by Cocoa and Carbon.

sigh. more to learn.  =-)

clearly time to unpack & actually read my new copy of Hillegass' book ...

>> which, iiuc, would suggest no dependence whatsoever on libxml -- either
>> direct or indirect via Cocoa/Carbon.
>
> No, he only meant directly, I'm sure.

hmmm. ok.

> Always a good idea. Don't fix it until it breaks. And it probably won't.

well, rats! so much for the 'pleasant aesthetics' of version consistency ;-)

thx & cheers,

richard