Ned Deily <n...@acm.org> added the comment: For what it's worth, the python.org installers for Mac OS X do include a libpython shared library. As of Python 2.7 (and 3.2), the installer includes a symlink to make it easier to find:
$ cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib $ ls -l libpython2.7.dylib $ lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 9 Oct 27 20:46 libpython2.7.dylib@ -> ../Python $ file ../Python ../Python: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures ../Python (for architecture ppc): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc ../Python (for architecture i386): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386 $ cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6 $ file Python Python: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures Python (for architecture ppc): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library ppc Python (for architecture i386): Mach-O dynamically linked shared library i386 In Debian and Ubuntu releases, the shared library is put into its own optionally installed package, libpythonx.x. ---------- nosy: +ned.deily _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10243> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com