libpython2.4.so

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Heiko Wundram wrote:
>>>what is /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so used for?
>>
>>Nothing, usually. Things embedding python might use it, such as vim.
> 
> 
> At least the interpreter uses it on systems where it's enabled...

That depends on the system:

martin at mira:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 2005-11-21 23:10 /usr/lib/libpython2.4.so ->
libpython2.4.so.1
martin at mira:~$ ldd /usr/bin/python
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7f7e000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7f7a000)
        libutil.so.1 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb7f76000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7f50000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7e1a000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fa8000)
martin at mira:~$

Regards,
Martin