[issue16326] distutils build_ext fails to set library_dirs in 2.7.2 on Linux

New submission from Andy Salnikov: Hi, when trying to build extension modules with distutils I ran into a problem that linking fails with an errors like: gcc -pthread -shared -L build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/h5py/defs.o -L/reg/g/psdm/sw/external/hdf5/1.8.4p1/x86_64-rhel6-gcc44-opt/lib -L. -Wl

[issue16326] distutils build_ext fails to set library_dirs in 2.7.2 on Linux

Andy Salnikov added the comment: I never submitted any patch to Python, but unless somebody more experienced wants to contribute I can try. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue16

[issue16326] distutils build_ext fails to set library_dirs in 2.7.2 on Linux

Andy Salnikov added the comment: Hi Éric, I am attaching a patch that fixes the problem. The patch is tiny, basically 1-line. This replaces the direct use of sys.executable with the symlink-resolved version of the same path. I made the change for linux/unix platforms and also for cygwin

[issue16326] distutils build_ext fails to set library_dirs in 2.7.2 on Linux

Andy Salnikov added the comment: OK, I see the problem. Do you think it would help if it tested both sys.executable and its symlynk-resolved path against sys.exec_prefix like this: if sys.executable.startswith(os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "bin&q