[osgeo4w-dev] [osgeo4w] #357: python 2.7.4 dll conflicts

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#357: python 2.7.4 dll conflicts
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Reporter:  maphew  |       Owner:  osgeo4w-dev@…              
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  new                        
Priority:  major   |   Component:  Package                    
 Version:          |    Keywords:  python                     
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Comment(by maphew):

 I'm ok with changing the executable extension order, +1 from me, if what
 follows isn't acceptable:

 I'd really like to find a reliable way to strip the Windows system
 directory from the DLL search path, but after much reading and searching
 it does look as if this isn't possible. The only other alternative I've
 found* is to put move the .dll next to the .exe, in `apps\qgis\bin`, as
 opposed to the current solution of putting the .exe with the .dll in
 `bin`.

 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16245757/python-not-search-windows-
 system32-for-pythonxx-dll

 If we created hardlinks it needn't waste disk space, though only for NTFS.
 Here's how it might be implemented in `etc\postinstall\qgis.bat`:

 {{{
 :: for NTFS
 mklink  /h apps\qgis\bin\python27.dll  bin\python27.dll

 :: for FAT
 if not exist apps\qgis\bin\python27.dll ^
 copy bin\python27.dll apps\qgis\bin\python27.dll
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/357#comment:6>
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