[C++-sig] Distutils: setup script for binary files

[Christophe Pradal]

Roman Yakovenko a écrit :
> Hi.
>
> I asked the next question on Python list and did not get the answer.
> May be I will
> have more luck here.
>
> I want to create setup script, that will install compiled extension module
> plus few binaries the extension module depends on.
>
> For example: I have package X:
>
> X:
>     __init__.py
>     _x_.dll ( or so )
>     some other dll's ( so's ) _x_.dll depends on.
>
> I took a look on Python documentation,
> http://docs.python.org/dist/describing-extensions.html, but it only
> describes how to create
> setup script for extension module from source files.
>
> I think, I can treat _x_.dll as it was regular Python script. My
> problem is, that on Linux
> I should put "some other so's" in some directory, program loader can find.
> How can I do this?
>   
There is no good solution. What we do is to install binary dependencies 
as data.
Other solutions is to install first on the system the other so, then 
your package.
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
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