[SciPy-dev] PATCH: scipy_distutils/system_info.py

[Pearu Peterson]

On Thu, 23 May 2002, David M. Cooke wrote:

> Ok, I've taken another look at the system_info.py code. The attached
> patch does the following:

Thanks for the patch!

> - The wrong things were being set for static and shared libraries.
>   Static libraries should be linked as 'extra_objects', and shared
>   libraries using 'libraries' and 'library_dirs'.

Are you sure about this? What is your situation that static libraries
should not be in 'libraries'?

I found this

http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/libraries/unix-c-libraries.html

very useful, e.g. see the last section. 

In fact, I am not sure anymore why we need to be specific about static
libraries. Also, we shouldn't use 'extra_objects' at all.

Pearu