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Re: FYI: WIP patch to build GDB with Python on MinGW
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:57:02 -0500
- Subject: Re: FYI: WIP patch to build GDB with Python on MinGW
- References: <20110121011433.GA2440@adacore.com>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:14:33 -0500
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> b. the python library in the <root>/Lib directory
I think it's in <root>/libs, actually. What's in <root>/Lib is the
set of *.py Python library modules.
> and is named libpython27.a (not '.' in the version number,
> unlike on Unix where it's libpython2.7.a). Note that despite
> the .a filename extension, it's NOT an archive (it sorta points
> to the DLL, so at the end GDB is linked against the DLL which
> is in the <root> directory).
I think libpython27.a _is_ an archive (try "ar tv" on it). I believe
this is a so-called "import library" used to link programs against the
corresponding DLL.