[Python-Dev] binutils/solaris -- one more thing

[Andrew Koenig]

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?


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*** 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;;