[Python-Dev] Linux Python linking with G++?

[Sjoerd Mullender]

David Abrahams wrote:
> Apparently Python on some linux distros is being linked by g++ rather
> than gcc, resulting in the C++ runtime library being linked into
> Python; this has bad consequences for compatibility between C++
> extension modules and Pythons that have been built with different
> versions of GCC.  Is this behavior intentional?

Configure with --without-cxx to not use g++.  Since there is an option
in configure, I assume it is intentional.

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Sjoerd Mullender