> > Bill definitely has a valid point > > Bill? William A. Rowe Jr., aka 'Bill' ;-)
> > I remember how much trouble I had trying to get the out-of-the- > box Windows builds of BerkeleyDB and TclTk to work with > Python. BerkeleyDB was using the most esoteric compiler and > linker flags that I've ever come across, and the resulting binary, > especially in 64-bit builds, just flat out wasn't suitable for > linking against. I mean, it would link, 'cause the API was > compatible at the source level, but you'd get the strangest > crashes as soon as you attempted to call anything in that > library. TclTk wasn't much better -- and SQLite was problematic > too, now that I think of it. > > What is the reason for those weird flags? I couldn't find any technical reason behind the weird flags. I just put it down to Windows unfamiliarity, or lack of Windows-savvy developers on the projects. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
