Issue #5726: Make Modules/ld_so_aix return the actual exit code of the linker, rather than always exit successfully.
Patch by Floris Bruynooghe.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5158940..1ccb739 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -826,6 +826,9 @@
Build
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+- Issue #5726: Make Modules/ld_so_aix return the actual exit code of the
+ linker, rather than always exit successfully. Patch by Floris Bruynooghe.
+
- Issue #4587: Add configure option --with-dbmliborder=db1:db2:... to specify
the order that backends for the dbm extension are checked.
diff --git a/Modules/ld_so_aix b/Modules/ld_so_aix
index 76afa6e..6b83823 100755
--- a/Modules/ld_so_aix
+++ b/Modules/ld_so_aix
@@ -181,7 +181,10 @@
# Perform the link.
#echo $CC $CCOPT $CCARGS
$CC $CCOPT $CCARGS
+retval=$?
# Delete the module's export list file.
# Comment this line if you need it.
rm -f $expfile
+
+exit $retval