[Python-Dev] Where is this flag coming from?

[Guido van Rossum]

> I thought this was only a 2.3 thing.

But this thread started with you reporting a 2.2.2 problem trying to
compile SSL!

> I just tried on the release22_maint CVS branch.  The bsddb module
> compiled and linked fine, but I don't know why.  Oh, wait a
> minute...  The release22_maint branch doesn't have the bsddb bells
> and whistles I added to setup.py a couple months ago.  Consequently,
> it's picking up the 1.85 version of the include file and library
> (which, I will remind people has known breakage).
> 
> Should I backport those changes?  I think what's in 2.3's setup.py
> is much more robust, but if people have been getting Berkeley DB
> 1.85 libraries in 2.2.1 and don't get a clean compile in 2.2.2
> without editing setup.py because 1.85 is all they have available,
> that might be construed as "more than a bugfix".
> 
> Let me know what you want to do in this regard Guido.

I think it's too precarious to fix in 2.2.2.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)