On 9/13/07, Paul Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13/09/2007, David Bolen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think where there's probably a small disconnect here is that, there > > really isn't an OpenSSL "installed" on the end user's machine. Well, > > there could be, but Python isn't using it. The OpenSSL library is > > statically linked as part of the _ssl.pyd module, as it will be with > > your _ssl2.pyd module. (That's also why there is no OpenSSL to "find" > > in your setup even with Python installed - at least not any libraries > > you can use). > > That's not 100% true, is it? If I use mingw and Gnuwin32 openssl, I > believe the default is a dynamic link of openssl (it depends on the > import library used, and gnuwin32 supplies dynamic libs by default). > So the openssl DLLs need to be on the user's PATH for the extension > module to work. That's a fair point - my comments are all related to the standard Python distribution and building extensions with the VS.NET compiler (including the binary installer I had built for Bill). > For the extension, you may need to (1) document that the user needs to > have the openssl DLLs on their PATH and possibly (1a) supply a zipfile > with the necessary DLLs as a supplemental download, or (2) arrange for > the openssl DLLs to be included in the extension installer, and > installed alongside the .pyd file. If we're talking about the construction of binary Windows installers, I'd just suggest that they get built as the built-in SSL module does, including the static linking with a pure Windows OpenSSL build, which is a bit simpler for the typical end user and has no other external requirements. Of course, that certainly doesn't stop a person who has already set up their system for using mingw for extensions from doing their own compilation, although it does raise a question as to whether the setup.py would need some further adjustments to cover that case most cleanly. -- David _______________________________________________ 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
