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DLL library name has wrong prefix on CYGWIN. #149833
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the name of the library should be cygpython$(LDVERSION).dll and not libpython$(LDVERSION).dll
Alright, the Cygwin documentation says "Cygwin DLLs use the cyg prefix": https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/dll.html
The name of your library is ${module}, prefixed with cyg for the DLL and lib for the import library. Cygwin DLLs use the cyg prefix to differentiate them from native-Windows MinGW DLLs, see the MinGW website for more details.
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on May 15, 2026
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Bug description:
At this line:
cpython/configure.ac
Line 1594 in c6f7368
the name of the library should be
cygpython$(LDVERSION).dlland notlibpython$(LDVERSION).dllHopefully, this is very easy to fix.
CPython versions tested on:
CPython main branch
Operating systems tested on:
Windows
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