Xapian discuss - Sep 2004 - bindings - python module

hello all,

i'm new to xapian and am just beginning to play around with the python
bindings. first off, the example (simplesearch.py) i pulled from cvs
didn't work complaining of not finding the _xapian module. after using
strace, i noticed python trying to search for _xapian.so. the default
xapian-bindings build produces _xapian (without the .so extension) so
renaming it to _xapian.so fixes the problem. i didn't find this fix in
the archives so apologies if this is a dupe. 

btw, this is a gentoo linux box running the 2.6.7 kernel, python 2.3.4,
and gcc 3.3.4.

thanks,
andrew

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 02:17:51AM -0600, gervin23 wrote:
> i'm new to xapian and am just beginning to play around with the python
> bindings. first off, the example (simplesearch.py) i pulled from cvs
> didn't work complaining of not finding the _xapian module. after using
> strace, i noticed python trying to search for _xapian.so. the default
> xapian-bindings build produces _xapian (without the .so extension) so
> renaming it to _xapian.so fixes the problem. i didn't find this fix in
> the archives so apologies if this is a dupe. 
Are you installing the bindings before trying this? The build system
leaves a minor mess of bits, and the easiest way to get the right bits
out cleanly is to install.

If you are installing, then libtool isn't getting suffixes right on
Gentoo, which would be unexpected, to say the least ...

James

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