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On Debian, the shared library, libpython3.4m.so, is ABI version tagged =
with an =E2=80=9Cm.=E2=80=9D I=E2=80=99m assuming that this is the ABI =
version tag specified in PEP 3149. The PEP give an example of using =
sysconfig.get_config_var to get the name tag.

>>> sysconfig.get_config_var('SOABI')
'cpython-34m'

I=E2=80=99ve also noticed that the configure variable =E2=80=98LDVERSION' =
gives the =E2=80=983.4m=E2=80=99 bit in the library name.

>>> sysconfig.get_config_var('LDVERSION')
=E2=80=983.4m'

My question is, are these configure variables a reliable way to =
determine the name tag of the python shared library? I=E2=80=99m trying =
to use ctypes.util.find_library to find libpython.

Thank you!=