Re: python config question

Michael Snyder
2010-03-02T18:11:54Z

Joel Brobecker wrote:
>> configure --with-python=$PYPATH
>>
>> Shouldn't I expect gdb to be linked against python version Y?
>
> I would think so. But from what I can tell by looking at the configury,
> I think that your GDB was in fact linked against the Python install
> that you provided (using -L${with_python}/lib in the link command).
> However, your loader is selecting the libpython in your default install
> because it does not know about you local one. You have several solutions
> to fix this, typical ones being: use th rpath during the link, or
> add your python install lib dir to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, for instance.
>

Maybe the configure option should include rpath?