[Python-Dev] autoconf question: howto add to CFLAGS and LDFLAGS?

[Greg Ewing]

> My hunch is that simply listing library (*.a) arguments on the gcc
> command line is a GNU gcc/ld shortcut to the more portable usage of -L
> and -l.

I've never encountered a Unix that wouldn't let you explicity
give .a files to cc or ld. It's certainly not a GNU invention.

Sounds like Monterey is the odd one out here. ("Broken" is
another word that comes to mind.)

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