From: "Guido van Rossum" <guido@python.org> > > Hi, this just showed up on the C++-sig. Somehow I can't believe it's the > > first we've heard of it, but I thought I'd post a heads-up just in case. > > I find it difficult to extract the issue from the series of quoted and > folded messages. What's your summary of the problem? Sorry, I have trouble predicting how my messages will get wrapped; time to switch to emacs for mail. The summary is that python22.dll seems to have been built so that it depends on a DLL which only comes with Windows XP, though it strangely doesn't cause a problem until loading an extension module. From: "Achim Domma" <achim.domma@syynx.de> > > From: c++-sig-admin@python.org [mailto:c++-sig-admin@python.org]On > > Behalf Of David Abrahams > > > > Achim wrote: > > > > > I have a very strang problem with boost.python V1 and V2: On > > > Win2K I build two extensions with boost.python, one with V1 and > > > one with V2. Both compile without problems, but fail to > > > load. The problem is a missing dll called 'apphelp.dll' which is > > > only available on WinXP. According to Microsofts 'depends' > > > utility the dll is neede by python22.dll, but my python works > > > without problems. Has anybody an idea ? I compiled working > > > extensions some days befor, all on this computer!? > > > > very strange. I'm developing on XP without any trouble. My > > apphelp.dll lives in c:\Windows\System32. Perhaps you deleted > > yours, or you removed the directory from your PATH? > > No, I develop on Win2K and don't have an XP installation. But > apphelp.dll is XP specific, so I don't know how the dependency comes > to my computer. Searching on groups.google.com I found lots of > posts from php-people having the same problem. I just used > 'depends' on python22.dll (from ActiveState and from > python.org). Both version depend on apphelp.dll. Don't know why the > problem only arises when I try to load my extensions. Later I will > try to compile a version on my own. > > Achim
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