Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:45:36 -0500 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> Cc: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: has FreeBSD's libc been swigged? Message-ID: <4755A050.2080907@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <D34851E3-8E78-4AC1-9B73-9D222EB9D2FE@khera.org> References: <475469C2.6040603@chuckr.org> <D34851E3-8E78-4AC1-9B73-9D222EB9D2FE@khera.org>
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Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Chuck Robey wrote: > >> Need to do some python work, using a lot of FreeBSD's base libs, and I >> was wondering, if any ports have swigged the FreeBSD libs? I'll do it >> if I must, just trying to save me some work. >> > > Not understanding your use of the word "swigged", all I can say is that > the ports do not touch the system libraries except in the rare case of > things like openssl which have the _option_ to install on top of the > system ssl libraries. devel/swig is a well-known interface generator, which automates writing the interfaces, so that the scripting languages can make direct use of compiled languaes. My particular target is to get python to use FreeBSD llibraries, so your comment is amiss in this case, although you are correct in general.. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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