Old bug here (6 years), but trips up many apps. that use Python's distutils module. Distutils tries to pass '-R' to GCC instead of '-Wl,-R' when linking libraries. If any of the libraries linked against in the built library are located in directories that are not in the system's LDPATH, the application will fail to find the linked library. Read about it here -> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=445902&group_id=5470&atid=105470 One line patch is included on that page from last year.
Correction, patch is located here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1254718&group_id=5470&atid=305470 Thanks
Can we apply this simple patch please, seems it does not work correctly on gentoo without it. To get the patchfile please run: wget -q 'http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=5470&atid=305470&file_id=144928&aid=1254718' -O patchfile It looks like that: --- Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.orig 2005-08-09 11:54:17.000000000 +0900 +++ Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py 2005-08-09 12:54:37.000000000 +0900 @@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ return "+s -L" + dir elif sys.platform[:7] == "irix646" or sys.platform[:6] == "osf1V5": return ["-rpath", dir] - elif compiler[:3] == "gcc" or compiler[:3] == "g++": + # This should recognize gcc, g++, gcc-x.y, ccache gcc, etc. + elif compiler.find("gcc") >= 0 or compiler.find("g++") >= 0: return "-Wl,-R" + dir else: return "-R" + dir
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Fixed in 2.3.6-r1, 2.4.4-r1 and 2.5.1.
