Bug#693481: find_library() in python-webm

2013-06-23 Thread Antoine Martin
> xpra's webm module does it almost right: > 1) It shouldn't try to open "libwebp.so"; Oops, fixed. > 2) It should treat gnu* (Hurd, kFreeBSD) platforms in the same way as > linux2. > Also done. http://xpra.org/trac/changeset/3709/xpra (will backport to v0.9.x) Thanks! Antoine

Bug#693481: find_library() in python-webm

2013-06-23 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Dmitry Smirnov , 2013-06-23, 06:03: Please don't, unless you fancy your software segfaulting. find_library is fundamentally broken: it gives you a library with unpredictable ABI. What would you recommend to use instead? Determine shared library names that are compatible with the Python code

Bug#693481: find_library() in python-webm

2013-06-22 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Jakub, Thanks for your feedback. On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 23:13:06 Jakub Wilk wrote: > Please don't, unless you fancy your software segfaulting. find_library > is fundamentally broken: it gives you a library with unpredictable ABI. What would you recommend to use instead? Cheers, Dmitry Smirno

Bug#693481: find_library() in python-webm

2013-06-22 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Antoine Martin , 2013-06-22, 17:41: As for the hard-coded library names, this is unfortunate but was needed to make it work on all the platforms we support (I can't remember for sure, but I think "find_library" did not work on OSX for example). We *could* use "find_library" once it has been p