Package: python-cxx-dev Version: 6.2.4-3 The way to link with this module is not really clear from the documentation
Maybe it needs a brief README.Debian to explain the way it is packaged, why there is no shared library and how to use it Alternatively, maybe it would be useful to build a shared library and ship that for convenience? Specifically, any user of this package needs to either a) copy the *.cxx files into their project repository and add them to their Makefile b) add those files (using their absolute path on the filesystem) to their Makefile For example, I added them like this in repro pyroute plugin Makefile.am: PYCXX_SRCDIR = /usr/share/python2.7/CXX/Python2 libpyroute_la_SOURCES += $(PYCXX_SRCDIR)/cxxextensions.c libpyroute_la_SOURCES += $(PYCXX_SRCDIR)/cxx_extensions.cxx libpyroute_la_SOURCES += $(PYCXX_SRCDIR)/cxxsupport.cxx libpyroute_la_SOURCES += $(PYCXX_SRCDIR)/../IndirectPythonInterface.cxx Users who fail to add these or don't realize this are going to see an error about undefined symbols at linking time. This is a slightly unusual way of using a C++ library: most libraries either work as a header library (just include the headers, no shared object) or they package a full libsomething.so that the dependent projects can link to. Therefore, it may be useful for the maintainer or upstream to comment on why the cxx files have to be copied/used in this way by other projects. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
