$ python Python 2.3 (#1, Aug 1 2003, 15:01:23) [GCC 3.2 20020927 (prerelease)] on cygwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

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from distutils import sysconfig print sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBS') -lutil

Cygwin doesn't have any libutil, so this causes problems for anything which takes distutils' word about which libraries are needed. http://synopsis.sf.net is one example. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com