[issue7352] pythonx.y-config --ldflags out of /usr and missing -L

koobs added the comment: To clarify, the bug remains in all branches including default, but only 3.4+ use the .sh script, leaving 3.3, 3.2, 2.7 using the python implementation. -- versions: +Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker

[issue7352] pythonx.y-config --ldflags out of /usr and missing -L

koobs added the comment: The attached patch courtesy of Jan Beich @ FreeBSD minimally mimics (in the python version), the --ldflags output of the shell version of python-config(.sh). The ideal scenario of course would be to use the shell script across all versions, as per revision

[issue7352] pythonx.y-config --ldflags out of /usr and missing -L

Maxim Egorushkin added the comment: I encountered this issue when compiling gdb against my own build of Python 2.7 in a non-standard location. gdb could not locate libpython2.7.so. The solution is to configure Python with LINKFORSHARED variable which contains additional linker flags required