Re: cvs tip broken build for plpython

"Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> On my FC3 installation, there is a /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0
>> ... do you have anything comparable?

> No, except the non-standard one on the openoffice libs. Building as shared
> lib only became a part of standard python in release 2.3 - see
> http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/whatsnew/node20.html

I've committed some changes to try to use the shared library where
available, while continuing to work if it isn't:

* If distutils reports values for LIBDIR and LDLIBRARY, and the latter
looks like a shared library name, then use -L$LIBDIR -l$LDLIBRARY (after
suitable hacking on the library name).

* Otherwise use -L$CONFIGDIR -lpython$VERSION.

The latter case duplicates what we have done in past versions, so it
should theoretically work as well (or poorly) as ever. The test
conditions may still need fine-tuning though. I do not have a pre-2.3
Python to try it with --- would you test please?

regards, tom lane