Re: /usr/include/python

2003-08-08 Thread Roland Stigge 
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 00:25, Matthias Klose wrote:
  why isn't there a default /usr/include/python (possibly accomplished as
  a symlink in the package python-dev, like /usr/bin/python in the package
  python)? (I'm sure there is a reason for that, I just didn't find it
  documented somewhere.)
 
 it's not needed. distutils selects the correct include path for you.

I just encountered some stupid build environment (SAPDB) which sets up
its own PYTHONPATH and relies on /usr/include/python. Well, there are
other ways around that.

Thanks!

bye,
  Roland


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Re: /usr/include/python

2003-08-07 Thread Matthias Klose 
Roland Stigge writes:
 Hi,
 
 why isn't there a default /usr/include/python (possibly accomplished as
 a symlink in the package python-dev, like /usr/bin/python in the package
 python)? (I'm sure there is a reason for that, I just didn't find it
 documented somewhere.)

it's not needed. distutils selects the correct include path for you.