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| author | Ben McGinnes <[email protected]> | 2018-03-15 16:52:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Ben McGinnes <[email protected]> | 2018-03-15 16:52:58 +0000 |
| commit | 431897a4c48fe1bc9d37f655097aabaf5b685d11 (patch) | |
| tree | ad40322aa0d0698b842405b3769975ebec9a9e05 /lang/python/docs/GPGMEpythonHOWTOen.org | |
| parent | doc: python bindings howto (diff) | |
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doc: python bindings howto
* Added clarification on why it's not on PyPI.
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diff --git a/lang/python/docs/GPGMEpythonHOWTOen.org b/lang/python/docs/GPGMEpythonHOWTOen.org index 4aa4398c..28d2e25d 100644 --- a/lang/python/docs/GPGMEpythonHOWTOen.org +++ b/lang/python/docs/GPGMEpythonHOWTOen.org @@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ Due to the nature of what these bindings are and how they work, it is infeasible to install the GPGME Python bindings in the same way. + This is because the bindings use SWIG to dynamically generate C + bindings against =gpgme.h= and =gpgme.h= is generated from + =gpgme.h.in= at compile time when GPGME is built from source. Thus + to include a package in PyPI which actually built correctly would + require either statically built libraries for every architecture + bundled with it or a full implementation of C for each + architecture. + ** Requirements :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: gpgme-python-requirements |