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  r62145 | thomas.heller | 2008-04-04 12:07:55 +0200 (Fri, 04 Apr 2008) | 3 lines

  Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when gcc
  is used as compiler.
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Misc/NEWS

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when
+  gcc is used as compiler.
 
 What's New in Python 3.0a4?
 ===========================

configure

 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 61848 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 62003 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 3.0.
 #
@@ -12846,7 +12846,11 @@ then
 		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
 		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G';
 		fi ;;
-	hp*|HP*) LDSHARED="ld -b";;
+	hp*|HP*)
+		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
+		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+		else LDSHARED='ld -b';
+		fi ;;
 	OSF*) LDSHARED="ld -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\"";;
 	Darwin/1.3*)
 		LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'

configure.in

@@ -1468,7 +1468,11 @@ then
 		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
 		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G';
 		fi ;;
-	hp*|HP*) LDSHARED="ld -b";;
+	hp*|HP*)
+		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
+		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+		else LDSHARED='ld -b';
+		fi ;;
 	OSF*) LDSHARED="ld -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\"";;
 	Darwin/1.3*)
 		LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'