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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


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