Michael Hoffman wrote: I have finally solved this problem.
""" $ CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/nfs/acari/mh5/arch/Linux-x86_64/opt/python-2.5.1/lib /nfs/acari/mh5/arch/Linux-x86_64/opt/python-2.5.1/bin/python setup.py -v build
"LDFLAGS= python setup.py" is not sufficient. This sets LDFLAGS to an empty string. It is instead necessary to run "unset LDFLAGS" on a previous command line.
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g77 build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/numpy/core/blasdot/_dotblas.o -L/usr/lib -L/nfs/acari/mh5/arch/Linux-x86_64/opt/python-2.5.1/lib -lblas -lpython2.5 -lg2c-pic -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/numpy/core/_dotblas.so /usr/lib/libfrtbegin.a(frtbegin.o)(.text+0x1e): In function `main': : undefined reference to `MAIN__' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status /usr/lib/libfrtbegin.a(frtbegin.o)(.text+0x1e): In function `main': : undefined reference to `MAIN__' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status error: Command "g77 build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.5/numpy/core/blasdot/_dotblas.o -L/usr/lib -L/nfs/acari/mh5/arch/Linux-x86_64/opt/python-2.5.1/lib -lblas -lpython2.5 -lg2c-pic -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.5/numpy/core/_dotblas.so" failed with exit status 1 """