Python 2.4.2 gcc 3.4.4 Solaris 8 build issues [solved]

[Holger Joukl]

>Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>
>> 2. We have some stuff in non-standard locations here. To build
>> properly, I need to tell this to configure (using CXX, CPPFLAGS,
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH). Unfortunately, none of this > gets communicated to
>> the setup.py step with its find_library_file() stuff, so it is also
>> necessary to either modify setup.py or add a setup.cfg file.

>Why do you say that? If you set CC before invoking configure,
>it will get into Makefile, and from there into setup.py.
>More generally: setup.py will take everything from Makefile,
>so just check whether Makefile looks right.

Hmm, I just got it wrong. I did not see that settings like LDFLAGS are
noticed by distutils.
After quite some tries I can now happily build with
- LD_LIBRARY_PATH set (needed to find libstdc++ during configure step)
- LDFLAGS set to find the lib dirs
- CPPFLAGS set to find the include dirs
Then distutils adds the appropriate -Wl,-R stuff; I don´t even need
LD_RUN_PATH.
Before, I seem to always have left out LDFLAGS.

>As for LD_LIBRARY_PATH: If it is set when setup.py is running,
>it will certainly apply. However, I really recommend to use
>crle(8) instead:
>
> crle -u -l /opt/sfw/lib
>
>Then, your users will never have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>for /opt/sfw/lib.

Nice. I didn´t even know that feature. Reminds me of the possibilty to use
relative RPATHs with $ORIGIN, which is (also) little under-documented. But
then again I´m no compiler wizard.

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Wie wahr. Schon mal gegen Windmühlen gekämpft? ;-)

Thanks a lot,
Holger

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