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

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> Shouldn't distutils be taught what to do with runtime_library_dirs
    >> for SCO and MacOSX?

    Guido> My thoughts exactly.

Given that MacOSX's linker doesn't seem to understand -R at all (no matter
how you deliver it), I adjusted the code in runtime_library_dir_option (in
unixccompiler.py) to return "-L" + dir instead of either of the "-R"
possibilities.  This is probably not as good as it could be, but I couldn't
tease anything from the ld(1) man page which looked to me like an equivalent
to "-R" or LD_RUN_PATH.  Perhaps someone with more experience with MacOSX or
link editors in general would like to take a peek at the problem.  If so,
let me know and I'll be happy to shoot you a copy of the ld(1) man page.

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