Re: Re: Re: [crossfire] Is the deposit bu g on the bank PYò0script ever going to get fixed?

[Todd Mitchell]

I really think the best way to do this is to keep the check we have now but let intelligent agents (like us peepuls) provide a path to python when calling the configure script which will override it.  If you wish you should be able to say: 
./configure --have-python=/usr/local/include/python307.1

The responsibility should fall on the agent to ensure if this is used it is used properly - who can deny a cf admin a specially blessed python 1.5, which they may want for religious reasons - with full knowledge that it will preclude the use of many existing scripts and functions. Any additional checking, automation or packaging seems to me to be a bit overkill.


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      > So if you compile against say python 2.1 library, dynamic linking with the 
     
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      > 2.4 library may not work (or could certainly get the case of not picking up 
     
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      > the new feature or something).
     
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      Oh for sure.  This is exactly when the runtime checking would come in 
     
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      handy - as long as the developers were sure they knew how different 
     
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      versions would react.  In this case it would make sense to only link 
     
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      against system libs (rather than the ones you brought with you) if you 
     
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      were absolutely sure all would be well.
     
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      Rob
     
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