From 4d33b107cae302b97c0267b3da972a10c1229635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dekken <philip.deegan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 00:13:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] windwoes

---
 mod.cpp | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mod.cpp b/mod.cpp
index c534a43..1ecf32c 100644
--- a/mod.cpp
+++ b/mod.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ class Python3Module : public maiken::Module {
 void Python3Module::compile(maiken::Application& a, YAML::Node const& node) KTHROW(std::exception) {
   VALIDATE_NODE(node);
 
-  std::vector<std::string> incs{py_include()};
+  std::vector<std::string> incs{py_include(), kul::Dir{"include", python_exe.dir()}.escm()};
+
 
   try {
     if (node["with"]) {
@@ -197,8 +198,7 @@ void Python3Module::compile(maiken::Application& a, YAML::Node const& node) KTHR
       if (req_include) {
         a.addInclude(req_include.real());
         for (auto* rep : a.revendencies()) rep->addInclude(req_include.real());
-      } else
-        throw std::runtime_error("include doesn't exist: " + req_include.real());
+      }
     }
   } catch (kul::Exception const& e) {
     KERR << e.stack();
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ void Python3Module::link(maiken::Application& a, YAML::Node const& node) KTHROW(
   VALIDATE_NODE(node);
 
   auto const embed = kul::String::BOOL(kul::env::GET("MKN_PYTHON_LIB_EMBED", "0"));
-
   auto linker = py_cflags();
   auto const libpath = py_libdir();
   auto const prefx = py_prefix();
@@ -227,6 +226,10 @@ void Python3Module::link(maiken::Application& a, YAML::Node const& node) KTHROW(
       }
     }
 
+  if (prefx.size())
+    if(auto const lib = kul::Dir{"libs", python_exe.dir()}) // windows fallback
+      a.addLibpath(lib.escm());
+
   if (embed) a.addLib(py_libname());
 
   if (a.mode() != maiken::compiler::Mode::STAT) a.prependLinkString(linker);

From 03aa4199d671c24e10b82eac12c356c2d8896ef9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PhilipDeegan <philip.deegan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 12:29:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ++

---
 mod.cpp  | 10 +++++++---
 test.cpp |  1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mod.cpp b/mod.cpp
index 1ecf32c..4c120e7 100644
--- a/mod.cpp
+++ b/mod.cpp
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ class Python3Module : public maiken::Module {
 void Python3Module::compile(maiken::Application& a, YAML::Node const& node) KTHROW(std::exception) {
   VALIDATE_NODE(node);
 
-  std::vector<std::string> incs{py_include(), kul::Dir{"include", python_exe.dir()}.escm()};
-
+  std::vector<std::string> incs{py_include()};
+#if defined(_WIN32)  // or fallback
+  incs.push_back(kul::Dir{"include", python_exe.dir()}.escm());
+#endif
 
   try {
     if (node["with"]) {
@@ -226,9 +228,11 @@ void Python3Module::link(maiken::Application& a, YAML::Node const& node) KTHROW(
       }
     }
 
+#if defined(_WIN32)  // or fallback
   if (prefx.size())
-    if(auto const lib = kul::Dir{"libs", python_exe.dir()}) // windows fallback
+    if (auto const lib = kul::Dir{"libs", python_exe.dir()})  // windows fallback
       a.addLibpath(lib.escm());
+#endif
 
   if (embed) a.addLib(py_libname());
 
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index c20ca1f..73c4abe 100644
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 std::string const yArgs = "";
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  KOUT(NON) << __FILE__;
   mkn::kul::Signal sig;
   try {
     YAML::Node node = mkn::kul::yaml::String(yArgs).root();