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Re: FYI: WIP patch to build GDB with Python on MinGW
> > 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.
Yeah - I actually meant the .py files. I don't know what the proper
term for that would be - perhaps the run-time library. Not sure, since
libpython definitely is part of the runtime.
> > 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.
Aha - I'm quite unfamiliar with Windows, so that explains the confusion.
Thanks for clarifying.
--
Joel