[Python-Dev] Where is this flag coming from?

[Skip Montanaro]

    SM> None of the other extension modules are linked with "-Wl,-R/sw/lib".
    SM> I don't find "-R" in either setup.py or configure.  Any idea where
    SM> this is coming from and how to get rid of it?

    BAW> Don't you remember, Skip!?  I think we worked this out when we were
    BAW> looking at the linking problems with bsddb, since the from-source
    BAW> Berkeley install doesn't put its libs in a normally searched
    BAW> location.

I remember having problems with bsddb, which I think were fixed.
-Wl,-R/sw/lib is clearly wrong on MacOS X though.  Deleting it and running
the link command manually works.

    BAW> Are you saying that the flags are wrong, the paths are wrong, the
    BAW> flags are unnecessary, or something else?

The flags are incorrect:

    ...
    building 'bsddb' extension
    gcc -bundle -bundle_loader python.exe \
      build/temp.darwin-6.1-Power\ Macintosh-2.3/bsddbmodule.o \
      -L/sw/lib -L/home/skip/local/lib -L/sw/lib -L/usr/local/lib \
      -Wl,-R/sw/lib -ldb-4.1 \
      -o build/lib.darwin-6.1-Power\ Macintosh-2.3/bsddb.so
    ld: unknown flag: -R/sw/lib
    ...

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