From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Jan 3 13: 7:45 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D316337B401 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:07:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (wwweasel.geeksrus.net [64.8.210.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A26143EB2 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:07:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alane@wwweasel.geeksrus.net) Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h03L76eR030018; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:07:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alane@wwweasel.geeksrus.net) Received: (from alane@localhost) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h03L76vb029968; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:07:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alane) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:07:05 -0500 From: AlanE To: Gerhard H?ring Cc: Neil Blakey-Milner , Attila Nagy , FreeBSD Ports List Subject: Re: Silly question regarding python Message-ID: <20030103210705.GA24691@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> Reply-To: alane@geeksrus.net Mail-Followup-To: Gerhard H?ring , Neil Blakey-Milner , Attila Nagy , FreeBSD Ports List References: <20030103181652.GA36458@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20030103182847.GA66105@mithrandr.moria.org> <20030103193526.GA38573@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20030103203935.GB3488@lilith.ghaering.test> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030103203935.GB3488@lilith.ghaering.test> X-message-flag: Every program expands until it can send mail. Except Exchange Server. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 09:39:35PM +0100, Gerhard H?ring wrote: >> Ewww. This is beyond my scope as maintainer, I'm afraid. > >So let me help you :-) > >You can build Python as a shared library in pre-2.3 versions (I didn't >try this on FreeBSD yet, though). > >All you need to do is read the FAQ, especially item 3.30: I think that zorp needs to learn to get along with the static lib, or wait for python 2.3. I'm not inclined to change the python 2.2 port just because of another piece of software that isn't even a port yet. -- AlanE (Alan Eldridge), who likes fixing weird distributed systems bugs. Unix/C(++) IT Pro for 20 yrs, desperately seeking employment in NYC. (http://wwweasel.geeksrus.net/~alane/resume.rtf) KDE, KDE-FreeBSD Teams (http://www.kde.org, http://freebsd.kde.org/) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message