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Documented the fact that IRIX 5.x also supports Sun style shared
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loading a module that was compiled for a different version of Python
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{\bf NEW:} Under SunOS, dynamic loading now uses SunOS shared
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libraries and is always configured. See at the end of this chapter
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for how to create a dynamically loadable module.
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{\bf NEW:} Under SunOS (all versions) and IRIX 5.x, dynamic loading
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now uses shared libraries and is always configured. See at the
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end of this chapter for how to create a dynamically loadable module.
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\section{Configuring and building the interpreter for dynamic loading}
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(Ignore this section for SunOS --- on SunOS dynamic loading is always
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configured.)
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(Ignore this section for SunOS and IRIX 5.x --- on these systems
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dynamic loading is always configured.)
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Dynamic loading is a little complicated to configure, since its
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implementation is extremely system dependent, and there are no
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which version of dl_loadmod to use, and fill in the pathname of the dld
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library if you use it. And, of course, you must first build
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dl_loadmod and dld, if used. (This is now done through the Configure
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script. For SunOS, everything is now automatic as long as the
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architecture type is \code{sun4}.)
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script. For SunOS and IRIX 5.x, everything is now automatic.)
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\section{Building a dynamically loadable module}
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\item
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{\bf NEW:} On SunOS, you must create a shared library from your \samp{.o}
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file using the following command (assuming your module is called
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\code{foo}):
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{\bf NEW:} On SunOS and IRIX 5.x, you must create a shared library
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from your \samp{.o} file using the following command (assuming your
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module is called \code{foo}):
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\begin{verbatim}
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ld -o foomodule.so foomodule.o <any other libraries needed>
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\end{verbatim}
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and place the resulting \samp{.so} file in the Python search path (not
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the \samp{.o} file). Note: on Solaris, you need to pass \samp{-G} to
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the loader.
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the loader; on IRIX 5.x, you need to pass \samp{-shared}. Sigh...
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\end{itemize}
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loading a module that was compiled for a different version of Python
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(e.g., with a different representation of objects) may dump core.
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{\bf NEW:} Under SunOS, dynamic loading now uses SunOS shared
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libraries and is always configured. See at the end of this chapter
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for how to create a dynamically loadable module.
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{\bf NEW:} Under SunOS (all versions) and IRIX 5.x, dynamic loading
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now uses shared libraries and is always configured. See at the
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end of this chapter for how to create a dynamically loadable module.
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\section{Configuring and building the interpreter for dynamic loading}
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(Ignore this section for SunOS --- on SunOS dynamic loading is always
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configured.)
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(Ignore this section for SunOS and IRIX 5.x --- on these systems
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dynamic loading is always configured.)
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Dynamic loading is a little complicated to configure, since its
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implementation is extremely system dependent, and there are no
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which version of dl_loadmod to use, and fill in the pathname of the dld
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library if you use it. And, of course, you must first build
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dl_loadmod and dld, if used. (This is now done through the Configure
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script. For SunOS, everything is now automatic as long as the
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architecture type is \code{sun4}.)
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script. For SunOS and IRIX 5.x, everything is now automatic.)
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\section{Building a dynamically loadable module}
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IF THIS IS NOT DONE THE RESULTING CODE WILL NOT WORK.
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\item
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{\bf NEW:} On SunOS, you must create a shared library from your \samp{.o}
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file using the following command (assuming your module is called
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\code{foo}):
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{\bf NEW:} On SunOS and IRIX 5.x, you must create a shared library
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from your \samp{.o} file using the following command (assuming your
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module is called \code{foo}):
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\begin{verbatim}
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ld -o foomodule.so foomodule.o <any other libraries needed>
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\end{verbatim}
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and place the resulting \samp{.so} file in the Python search path (not
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the \samp{.o} file). Note: on Solaris, you need to pass \samp{-G} to
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the loader.
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the loader; on IRIX 5.x, you need to pass \samp{-shared}. Sigh...
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\end{itemize}
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