Package: python2.6
Version: 2.6.6-6
Severity: important
n contrast to other Linux distributions like Red Hat/Fedora Python shared
libraries are not linked against libpython2.6.so. E.g.,
r...@xmdebian:/home/wucloud# ldd /usr/lib64/python2.6/lib-dynload/datetime.so
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff6abff000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fccc0fb3000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fccc0d97000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fccc0a35000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fccc145d000)
This makes it impossible to *embed* Python in other software packages since
python modules possibly requiring those python libraries will fail to load. In
this case datetime.so cannot resolve symbols contained in libpython2.6.so.
Of course this has no effect when starting the Python interpreter which has
libpython2.6.so compiled in.
Configuring Python using "--enable-shared" seems to do the job. But this is for
some reason not the default in the Debian package.
Thus, to enable embedding python without running into this bug we would either
need to
a) compile python with --enable-shared (which makes the libpython
package superfluous)
b) compile python with --disable-shared (that's the current default)
and let libpython replace all python-related so-files which do not
contain dependencies to libpython with versions which contain these
dependencies.
- otherwise the libpython package is broken as we cannot import
libraries such as datetime from embedded python scripts.
Best,
st
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.12-0.7-xen (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages python2.6 depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdb4.8 4.8.30-2 Berkeley v4.8 Database Libraries [
ii libexpat1 2.0.1-7 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libncursesw5 5.7+20100313-4 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.3-1 SQLite 3 shared library
ii mime-support 3.48-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii python2.6-minimal 2.6.6-6 A minimal subset of the Python lan
python2.6 recommends no packages.
Versions of packages python2.6 suggests:
ii binutils 2.20.1-15 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii python2.6-doc 2.6.6-9.aasc Documentation for the high-level o
pn python2.6-profiler <none> (no description available)
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