[Xapian-discuss] bindings - python module

[gervin23]

yes. i did the usual 'configure', 'make', 'make install' routine. 

i'm using the development branch (~x86) for everything on this box and
qpkg reports libtool at version 1.5.2-r5.

> Are you installing the bindings before trying this? The build system
> leaves a minor mess of bits, and the easiest way to get the right bits
> out cleanly is to install.
> 
> If you are installing, then libtool isn't getting suffixes right on
> Gentoo, which would be unexpected, to say the least ...
> 
> James
> 
> > i'm new to xapian and am just beginning to play around with the python
> > bindings. first off, the example (simplesearch.py) i pulled from cvs
> > didn't work complaining of not finding the _xapian module. after using
> > strace, i noticed python trying to search for _xapian.so. the default
> > xapian-bindings build produces _xapian (without the .so extension) so
> > renaming it to _xapian.so fixes the problem. i didn't find this fix in
> > the archives so apologies if this is a dupe.