Building a Dynamic Library (libpython.so) for Python 2.4.3 Final

[Dean]

I've been trying to make python a dynamic library. I downloaded Python
2.4.3 Final from the Python web site and I cannot get it to create the
library.

I've tried using the directive:

--enable-shared

and

--enable-shared=yes

and both of them had the same effect of creating a bunch of parts of
the python interpreter in .so format but not in creating a single
libpython2.4.so .X.Y file. I could probably hack something together
using ar but I would prefer to do it "correctly" by setting some
options. I'm compiling under OpenBSD 3.5.

Thanks for any advice.

[Andrew MacIntyre]

Re: Building a Dynamic Library (libpython.so) for Python 2.4.3 Final

Dean wrote:[color=blue]
> I've been trying to make python a dynamic library. I downloaded Python
> 2.4.3 Final from the Python web site and I cannot get it to create the
> library.
>
> I've tried using the directive:
>
> --enable-shared
>
> and
>
> --enable-shared=yes
>
> and both of them had the same effect of creating a bunch of parts of
> the python interpreter in .so format but not in creating a single
> libpython2.4.so .X.Y file. I could probably hack something together
> using ar but I would prefer to do it "correctly" by setting some
> options. I'm compiling under OpenBSD 3.5.[/color]

Well, I just confirmed that

../configure --enable-shared

results in a libpython2.4.so .1 (and a libpython2.4.so ) on FreeBSD 4.x.
The result runs the regression test suite without significant problems
(the test box didn't have a 2.4 installation).

A quick look at the configure script suggests that --enable-shared should
work on OpenBSD. While I believe that there's actually an OpenBSD based
Python buildbot (though OpenBSD 3.[89] I think) running, I doubt that
this configuration is tested there.

If you don't get any other responses, send me a copy of the full make log
(ie "make >make.log 2>&1") and I'll compare it to the log from my test
build.

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[Bo Gus]

Re: Building a Dynamic Library (libpython.so) for Python 2.4.3 Final

In article <mailman.5012.1 146057004.27775 .python-list@python.org >,
Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullse ye.apana.org.au > wrote:
[color=blue]
> Dean wrote:[color=green]
> > I've been trying to make python a dynamic library. I downloaded Python
> > 2.4.3 Final from the Python web site and I cannot get it to create the
> > library.
> >
> > I've tried using the directive:
> >
> > --enable-shared
> >
> > and
> >
> > --enable-shared=yes
> >
> > and both of them had the same effect of creating a bunch of parts of
> > the python interpreter in .so format but not in creating a single
> > libpython2.4.so .X.Y file. I could probably hack something together
> > using ar but I would prefer to do it "correctly" by setting some
> > options. I'm compiling under OpenBSD 3.5.[/color]
>
> Well, I just confirmed that
>
> ./configure --enable-shared
>
> results in a libpython2.4.so .1 (and a libpython2.4.so ) on FreeBSD 4.x.
> The result runs the regression test suite without significant problems
> (the test box didn't have a 2.4 installation).
>
> A quick look at the configure script suggests that --enable-shared should
> work on OpenBSD. While I believe that there's actually an OpenBSD based
> Python buildbot (though OpenBSD 3.[89] I think) running, I doubt that
> this configuration is tested there.
>
> If you don't get any other responses, send me a copy of the full make log
> (ie "make >make.log 2>&1") and I'll compare it to the log from my test
> build.[/color]
Thanks for the help. It didn't build the shared library on its own but I
did manage to find where it is built and a simple

make libpython2.4.so

Got it built for me. Thanks for the idea!

Dean