[Python-Dev] binutils/solaris -- one more thing (original) (raw)

Andrew Koenig ark@research.att.com
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:30:42 -0400 (EDT)

Assuming that the binutils developers do conclude that the -zcombreloc problem is to be fixed, not worked around (as I think they will), there is still one more binutils-related build problem that I encountered with Solaris: At binutils 2.12, the output from "ld -V" changed in a way that invalidated the previous way of testing for the presence of dynamic linking.

Someone--I forget who--gave me a patch that solved the problem; I believe that this patch is necessary to build Python on Solaris with binutils 2.12 or later. Can I ask someone to check whether it is already part of 2.2.2?

*** configure.in 2002-09-23 10:07:42.559545843 -0400 --- configure.in.new 2002-09-23 10:08:32.944415830 -0400

*** 889,895 **** fi;; SunOS/5*) case $CC in gcc) ! if $CC -Xlinker -V 2>&1 | grep BFD >/dev/null then LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker --export-dynamic" fi;; --- 889,895 ---- fi;; SunOS/5*) case $CC in gcc) ! if $CC -Xlinker --help 2>&1 | grep export-dynamic >/dev/null then LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker --export-dynamic" fi;;