Cygport message - python package DLL not in PATH

[Marco Atzeri]

On 15/10/2026 00:57, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 2026-10-14 14:30, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 13/10/2026 18:30, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Wondered if other have received this cygport message, and why or if 
>>> it matters?
>>>
>>>   >>> python312-zbar-0.23.95-1-x86_64.tar.xz
>>> usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/zbar.cpython-312-x86_64-cygwin.dll
>>> usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/zbar.cpython-312-x86_64-cygwin.dll.a
>>>
>>> which: no zbar.cpython-312-x86_64-cygwin.dll in (/usr/src/zbar/ 
>>> zbar-0.23.95-1.x86_64/inst/usr/bin:/usr/lib/qt5/bin:/home/bwi/bin:/ 
>>> usr/ local/ bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/proc/ 
>>> cygdrive/c/ Windows/System32)
>>>
>>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> it is "bug/red herring" of cygport;
>> it is looking the specific DLLs that are not stored in usr/bin
>> and it fails to find them in the PATH.
>> The "bug" is missing to recognise that the package itself provide them
> 
> Thanks Marco,
> 
> Hoped it was not really an issue, due to some such logic.
> I am finding some areas of builds not previously encountered porting 
> these packages to get python-fonttools going!
> 

$ cygcheck -cd |grep fonttools
python312-fonttools                        4.66.1-1
python39-fonttools                         4.28.5-1

what do you need ?