Bug #1655392: don't add -L/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/config to the LDFLAGS
returned by python-config if Python was built with --enable-shared
because that prevented the shared library from being used.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e3dd20d..9cbdc3a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -768,6 +768,10 @@
Build
-----
+- Bug #1655392: don't add -L/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/config to the LDFLAGS
+ returned by python-config if Python was built with --enable-shared
+ because that prevented the shared library from being used.
+
- Patch #1569798: fix a bug in distutils when building Python from a
directory within sys.exec_prefix.
diff --git a/Misc/python-config.in b/Misc/python-config.in
index e0215a2..9ac4414 100644
--- a/Misc/python-config.in
+++ b/Misc/python-config.in
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@
elif opt in ('--libs', '--ldflags'):
libs = getvar('LIBS').split() + getvar('SYSLIBS').split()
libs.append('-lpython'+pyver)
- if opt == '--ldflags':
+ # add the prefix/lib/pythonX.Y/config dir, but only if there is no
+ # shared library in prefix/lib/.
+ if opt == '--ldflags' and not getvar('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
libs.insert(0, '-L' + getvar('LIBPL'))
print ' '.join(libs)