re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: Cygwin [WAS: Version 0.11.3 released]

[Greg Freemyer]

Thanks Ben.

That worked and it is much better than typing in the gcc line by hand.

Greg

 >>  >>>>> "GF" == Greg Freemyer <address@hidden>
 >>  >>>>> wrote the following on Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:37:06 -0500

 >>  GF> I am now trying to compile it in a cygwin environment.

 >>  GF> I have the cvs version of librsync compiled as a static lib and
 >>  GF> installed into /usr/local/lib.  I'm not sure if that should work
 >>  GF> or not.

 >>  GF> When I try to build rdiff-backup, I'm getting an error about not
 >>  GF> finding the lib.

 >>  GF> I was going to edit the makefile and hardcode the directory, but
 >>  GF> I can't even find a makefile.

 >>  Instead of a makefile, rdiff-backup uses distutils, which is pretty
 >>  standard for python packages.  Some rdiff-backup user was complaining
 >>  about the library directory before, and patched python so that you
 >>  could specify --libdir or --includedirs on the command line.  I think
 >>  the patch got accepted, so who knows, maybe it's in the latest version
 >>  of python.

 >>  Anyway, assuming that doesn't work try editing setup.py, and adding a
 >>  library_dirs line like this (some surrounding context added):

 >>  ext_modules = [Extension("rdiff_backup.C", ["cmodule.c"]),
 >>  Extension("rdiff_backup._librsync", ["_librsyncmodule.c"],
 >>  library_dirs=["/usr/local/lib/or/whatever"],
 >>  libraries=["rsync"])],


 >>  -- 
 >>  Ben Escoto



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