Numeric-13 build failure on Python 1.6a2

[Randall Hopper]

     I'm getting a build failure with Numeric-13 with Python 1.6a2.  There
seem to be two problems at work here:

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1) The first problem is the linker tries to link for the wrong architecture.

   When makesetup writes $(LDSHARED) command-lines, it doesn't include 
   $(LDFLAGS) on that command-line.  In Python's config/Makefile,
   LDFLAGS=-n32 here on IRIX.

   It's this line in makesetup that writes these link lines:

                rule="$rule; \$(LDSHARED) $objs $libs -o $file"

   If I add \$(LDFLAGS) to it, we're past that hurdle.

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2) The second problem is that in Python's config/Makefile, it has:

      LDSHARED=       ld

   But it should be:

      LDSHARED=       ld -shared

   As a result, when Numeric goes to link a shared object, it inadvertantly
   tries to link it as an executable, which of course fails.
   Changing this declaration as described above fixes problem #2.

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Before I add this to the bug database, could someone confirm that these are
the right fixes for this problem?

Thanks,

Randall



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ERROR #1:
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        cc -n32   -I./Include -O -KPIC -OPT:Olimit=0 -I/home/rhh/bin/../software/python-1.6/include/python1.6 -I/home/rhh/bin/../software/python-1.6/PLATFORM/plat-irix646-n32/include/python1.6 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./Src/ufuncobject.c
        ld  _numpymodule.o arrayobject.o ufuncobject.o  -o _numpymodule.so
ld: FATAL   12 : Expecting o32 objects: _numpymodule.o is n32.
*** Error code 4 (bu21)

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ERROR #2:
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        ld -n32   _numpymodule.o arrayobject.o ufuncobject.o  -o _numpymodule.so
ld32: ERROR   33 : Unresolved text symbol "Py_InitModule4" -- 1st referenced by _numpymodule.o.
ld32: ERROR   33 : Unresolved text symbol "PyModule_GetDict" -- 1st referenced by _numpymodule.o.
ld32: ERROR   33 : Unresolved text symbol "PyCObject_FromVoidPtr" -- 1st referenced by _numpymodule.o.
...

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