Re: Failure in make swig-py "cannot find -lswigpy"

geoff <ot0006@0x29a.org.uk> writes:

> I'm installing swig-py for ViewCVS.
>
> This on a SuSe 8.1 system with Python 2.2. Upgrade to Python 2.3.2
> didn't help.
>
> At this point Subversion has been ./configure-ed and make-ed. Swig was
> successfuly configured.
>
> Any clues welcome.
>
> jumelles:/usr/src/subversion-0.31.0 # make swig-py
> mkdir subversion/tests/libsvn_fs
> mkdir subversion/tests/libsvn_subr
> mkdir subversion/tests/libsvn_diff
[...]
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.2/../../../../i486-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> cannot find -lswigpy
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make: *** [subversion/bindings/swig/python/_client.la] Error 1
> jumelles:/usr/src/subversion-0.31.0 #

Looks like the Subversion SWIG glue-code library didn't build. Or
perhaps it was built but not installed?

I typically do these builds in the following four steps:

   1. make
   2. sudo make install
   3. make swig-py
   4. sudo make install-swig-py

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Received on Sat Oct 25 16:53:39 2003