Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when gcc
is used as compiler.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ad9f562..51f9ad2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 61847 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 61992 .
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.6.
#
@@ -12417,7 +12417,11 @@
then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G';
fi ;;
- hp*|HP*) LDSHARED="ld -b";;
+ hp*|HP*)
+ if test "$GCC" = "yes"
+ then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+ else LDSHARED='ld -b';
+ fi ;;
OSF*) LDSHARED="ld -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\"";;
Darwin/1.3*)
LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'