[lldb-dev] The pre-built Windows LLDB binary has a dependency on an external python36.dll?

[Adrian McCarthy via lldb-dev]

There has been a lot of churn in the build process for Python on Windows
over the past couple months.

Older versions included a pre-built Python DLL on Windows because of ABI
compatibility.  That issue is resolved, though, and I thought that was
already over by version 7 or earlier.

Because other compatibility issues, it was decided that the Windows version
could depend on 3.6+ while non-Windows versions might still rely on
slightly older versions of Python.

That said, I didn't expect an explicit dependency on python36.dll.  Please
file a bug.  I'll look through the revision history and see if I can loop
in the folks who've been making changes in this area.  I suspect it was an
unintended side effect.

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 1:59 PM Leonard Mosescu via lldb-dev <
lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> I just installed the pre-built LLVM9 binaries on a Windows machine and I
> noticed that LLDB.exe imports from python36.dll. Was this an intentional
> change from LLVM8? (which doesn't depend on external python DLLs)
>
> Trying to use the LLDB that comes with LLVM9, you'd get a pop-up
> complaining that python36.dll was not found (unless you happen to have on
> in your PATH) and LLDB fails to start.
>
> Thanks,
> Leonard.
>
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