Thanks Michael Thats what you meant by it installs it if it can find the headers, right? so if i have python-dev installed on my host, and python is enabled in cross-gdb.make, then it will link python and all that, right? On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Michael Olbrich wrote: > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 02:37:01PM +0200, Ruben Louw wrote: > > I'm trying to get my mind wrapped around this. > > > > I ran your command and this is what it outputs: > > > > Dynamic section at offset 0x3f1df8 contains 25 entries: > > Tag Type Name/Value > > 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libdl.so.2] > > 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: > [libncurses.so.5] > > 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libtinfo.so.5] > > 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libm.so.6] > > 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so.6] > [...] > > its not linking to Python right? > > Correct. > > > if i then install python, do i have to > > make the link myself? > > 1. Install whatever packages provides Python.h in your distro (python-dev > in Debian). > > 2. Rebuild the toolchain, or just part of if as Juergen suggested. > Python support is automatically enabled if found. > > Michael > > -- > Pengutronix e.K. | | > Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | > Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | > Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | > > -- > ptxdist mailing list > ptxdist@pengutronix.de >