We have a GCC in /usr/rcf that was not built with --disable-shared. As such, there is a /usr/rcf/lib/libgcc_s.so.
We also have a (preferred) GCC in /afs/rcf/lang/gcc/current that was built with --disable-shared. As such, there is no /afs/rcf/lang/gcc/current/lib/libgcc_s.so and binaries built with this compiler do not link to any shared libgcc_s. I have the following problem with Python 2.4.2. I also tried 2.4.4. Moving up to 2.5 is not an option. Problem: Builds fine! Rebuild after dropping in Setup.local causes some magic new build process that ends up finding and linking in /usr/rcf/lib/libgcc_s.so ! =============================================================================== PATH=/afs/rcf/lang/gcc/sun4x_59/4.1.1/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/ucb # NOTE: No reference to /usr/rcf/bin, therefore NO picking up the bogus # GCC and its shared libgcc_s.so =============================================================================== sun4x_59:cairo> ../configure --prefix=/afs/rcf/lang/python/sun4x_59/2.4.2 sun4x_59:cairo> make ... =============================================================================== # after successful build... sun4x_59:cairo> ldd python libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1 libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 librt.so.1 => /usr/lib/librt.so.1 libdl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.1 libm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libm.so.1 libpthread.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.1 libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1 libmp.so.2 => /usr/lib/libmp.so.2 libaio.so.1 => /usr/lib/libaio.so.1 libmd5.so.1 => /usr/lib/libmd5.so.1 libthread.so.1 => /usr/lib/libthread.so.1 /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R/lib/libc_psr.so.1 /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R/lib/libmd5_psr.so.1 sun4x_59:cairo> # # Ta daaa! No libgcc_s.so linked in. GOOD. # # Now we drop our Setup.local in place for Solaris 9. # sun4x_59:cairo> cp ~/Python242.sun4x_59.Setup.local Modules/Setup.local =============================================================================== sun4x_59:cairo> make ... c++ -pthread -o python \ Modules/python.o \ libpython2.4.a -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lrt -ldl -L/afs/rcf/lang/tcl/@sys/8.2.3/lib -R/afs/rcf/lang/tcl/@sys/8.2.3/lib -L/afs/rcf/lang/tk/@sys/8.2.3/lib -R/afs/rcf/lang/tk/@sys/8.2.3/lib -ltk8.2 -ltcl8.2 -L/usr/openwin/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib -lX11 -R/usr/rcf/lib -L/usr/rcf/lib -lreadline -ltermcap -L/usr/rcf/lib -R/usr/rcf/lib -lssl -lcrypto -L/usr/rcf/lib -R/usr/rcf/lib -lgdbm -L/usr/rcf/lib -R/usr/rcf/lib -lz -lm ld: warning: global symbol `_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' has non-global binding: (file /usr/rcf/lib/libstdc++.so value=LOCL); ld: warning: global symbol `_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' has non-global binding: (file /usr/rcf/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 value=LOCL); case $MAKEFLAGS in \ *-s*) CC='gcc -pthread' LDSHARED='gcc -pthread -shared' OPT='-DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes' ./python -E ../setup.py -q build;; \ *) CC='gcc -pthread' LDSHARED='gcc -pthread -shared' OPT='-DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes' ./python -E ../setup.py build;; \ esac ld.so.1: python: fatal: libgcc_s.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory Killed make: *** [sharedmods] Error 137 sun4x_59:cairo> ldd python libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1 libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 librt.so.1 => /usr/lib/librt.so.1 libdl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.1 libX11.so.4 => /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so.4 libcurses.so.1 => /usr/lib/libcurses.so.1 libgdbm.so.2 => /usr/rcf/lib/libgdbm.so.2 libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/rcf/lib/libstdc++.so.5 libm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libm.so.1 libpthread.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.1 libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1 libmp.so.2 => /usr/lib/libmp.so.2 libaio.so.1 => /usr/lib/libaio.so.1 libmd5.so.1 => /usr/lib/libmd5.so.1 libXext.so.0 => /usr/openwin/lib/libXext.so.0 libgcc_s.so.1 => (file not found) # NOOOOOO libthread.so.1 => /usr/lib/libthread.so.1 /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R/lib/libc_psr.so.1 /usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R/lib/libmd5_psr.so.1 sun4x_59:cairo> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list