[python-sybase] python sybase installation

[Andrew McNamara]

>Here's the output.. looks good?
>
>[ajt@scratch ajt]$
>ldd /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/sybasect.so
>        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x004c9000)
>        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00e6a000)
>        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x008af000)
>
>I also did it for my 2.2 installation..
>
>[ajt@scratch ajt]$ ldd /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/sybasect.so
>        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x0070b000)
>        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00a14000)
>
>Looks exciting! ;)

Hmmm - either it statically linked with the sybase client lib, or it's
pulling in shared libs by hand. Anyone on the list have a better idea
what it's up to?

You might want to try running strace (linux) or truss (solaris) on python
as it starts. Something like:

    strace -o /tmp/trace.out -f python -ic "import Sybase"

The contents of trace.out will be too large to post to the list, but
reading through it might give some clues as to how it's pulling in the
client libs. Jump to where it's reading sybasect.so and see what happens
after that.

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Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft
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