On 2008-04-11 20:21, Sérgio Durigan Júnior wrote: > Hi Lemburg, > > On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 19:38 +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> On 2008-04-11 19:10, Sérgio Durigan Júnior wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> My question is simple: is there any problem when installing/using both >>> 32- and 64-bit Python's on the same machine? I'm more concerned about >>> header files (those installed under /usr/include/python-2.x), because as >>> far as I could see there's nothing similar to a "#ifdef USE_64BIT" or >>> something on them. >> The include files are all static and can be used on both 32-bit and >> 64-bit platforms or installations. > > Thanks :-). > >> Only the /usr/lib/python2.x files differ between 32-bit and 64-bit >> (the configuration files are in /usr/lib/python2.x/config). > > Hmm, right. I tried to modify the installation path (using --libdir > in ./configure) to /usr/lib64, but some *.pyo objects still are > installed under /usr/lib. AFAIK, these objects are bitness-dependent > (i.e., if they were generated by a 32-bit Python, they can only be > execute by a 32-bit Python - and vice-versa), right?
Right. > Is there any way to separate these arch-dependent files in /usr/lib > and /usr/lib64 depending on their bitness? There's no need for that. Only the config/ dir which is included in the Python lib dir is dependent on the Python configuration. > Thanks, > > P.S.: I think this "misbehaviour" of --libdir is a bug. IMHO, it should > put every arch-dependent file in the path that the user provided. You should probably have a look at how RedHat or openSUSE solve these problems. Some of them have patched Python to fit their needs. You may have to do that as well. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Apr 11 2008) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com