On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 05:22:02PM +0000, Kent Polk wrote:
> IT appears to me that Python 2.0 shared modules build correctly on
> ELF machines, but aren't built correctly on the older a.out machines.
..snip..
> -----
> on a.out (NetBSD 1.4.2) :
> $ nm _socketmodule.so | grep init_socket
> 00002714 T _init_socket
> (note      ^ underscore)
> -----
> On ELF (1.5 alpha) :
> $ nm _socketmodule.so | grep init_socket
> 00003644 T init_socket
> (which works)


A.out symbols do have underscores, ELF ones don't.  That is one of the
differences in the two.

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-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com)