[egenix-users] Help on building python-egenix-mx-base

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2008-12-27 06:21, Funda Wang wrote:
> 2008/12/26 M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand: distutils gets its LDFLAGS from the
>> Python installation when compiling and linking Python extensions
>> and uses the same flags as those used for the installation
>> of Python itself.
>>
>> Is the libdl needed for the new mx.Tools.dlopen() API ?
> Yes, if you use dlopen, then -ldl is requried. And the same for floor
> implies -lm.

Right, but the Python binary itself usually already links to these (at
least on the platforms we're using).

Anyway, making them explicit is better, so we'll add a patch to the
next release.

Thanks for bringing this up.

>> On 2008-12-26 03:06, Funda Wang wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm currently building python-egenix-mx-base in Mandriva Linux, where
>>> its LDFLAGS defaults to " -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-undefined
>>> -Wl,-z,relro".
>>>
>>> Maybe you could merge this patch regarding linking against libm and libdl:
>>> http://svn.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/packages/cooker/python-egenix-mx-base/current/SOURCES/egenix-mx-base-fix_underlinking.diff
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