Issue #4366: Fix building extensions on all platforms when --enable-shared is used.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
index a6aad53..80689b6 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
@@ -242,11 +242,10 @@
# building python standard extensions
self.library_dirs.append('.')
- # for extensions under Linux or Solaris with a shared Python library,
+ # For building extensions with a shared Python library,
# Python's library directory must be appended to library_dirs
- sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')
- if (sys.platform.startswith(('linux', 'gnu', 'sunos'))
- and sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')):
+ # See Issues: #1600860, #4366
+ if (sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')):
if sys.executable.startswith(os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "bin")):
# building third party extensions
self.library_dirs.append(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 73c54a1..3f82f5a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #4366: Fix building extensions on all platforms when --enable-shared
+ is used.
+
- Issue #18950: Fix miscellaneous bugs in the sunau module.
Au_read.readframes() now updates current file position and reads correct
number of frames from multichannel stream. Au_write.writeframesraw() now