LDFLAGS problem

[Robin Becker]

On 21/02/2011 22:36, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
>..........
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>>> running build_ext
>>> building '_mysql' extension
>>> creating build/temp.freebsd-7.0-RELEASE-i386-2.7
>>> gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,2,'final',0) -D__version__=1.2.2 -I/usr/local/include/mysql -I/home/rptlab/PYTHON/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.freebsd-7.0-RELEASE-i386-2.7/_mysql.o -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
>>> gcc -pthread -shared ${LDFLAGS} build/temp.freebsd-7.0-RELEASE-i386-2.7/_mysql.o -L/usr/local/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient_r -lz -lcrypt -lm -o build/lib.freebsd-7.0-RELEASE-i386-2.7/_mysql.so
>>> gcc: ${LDFLAGS}: No such file or directory
>>> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
>>
>> where should I be looking to fix this problem?
>
> It's been a while since I built anything on FreeBSD, but one thing that jumps out at me is that you say you're building on 8.0 but the build output you gave us mentions 7.0. That doesn't sound right at all.
>
> Are you using ports?
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duh, I was actually ahead of myself and the machine is indeed a 7.0 system
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Robin Becker