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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Robert =?utf-8?Q?K=C3=BCnnemann?= <robert@kunnemann.de>,\r
+ notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [bug] Python bindings fail to load shared libraries in MacOS El\r
+ Capitan\r
+In-Reply-To: <20151019115321.GA74194@pc-kuennemann.sit.fraunhofer.de>\r
+References: <20151019115321.GA74194@pc-kuennemann.sit.fraunhofer.de>\r
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+Robert K=C3=BCnnemann <robert@kunnemann.de> writes:\r
+>\r
+> nmlib =3D CDLL("libnotmuch.so.{0:s}".format(SOVERSION))\r
+>\r
+> in globals.py\r
+>\r
+> nmlib =3D CDLL("/usr/local/lib/libnotmuch.{0:s}.dylib".format(SOVERSION))\r
+\r
+In recent versions of notmuch there's already code there to detect MacOS\r
+and do something different. Are you saying that detection is not\r
+working? Also, it seems like you are coding the absolute path name of\r
+the library. Is that really necessary?\r
+\r
+d\r
+\r