Installing MySQL-Python

[Cathy Hui]

Do u know why do i get the following message when trying to build the
MySql-Python (1.2.0) on my Solaris 8 system?  (with mysql 4.0.21 and
python 2.4).  thanks!

error mesg:
ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable
sections
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1


see below for the log
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# python setup.py build

unknown>                           0x5c8
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0x840
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0x84c
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0x9b4
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0x9bc
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0x9f8
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0xa04
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0xa98
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0xaac
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0xad0
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0xae0
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
<unknown>                           0xb0c
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.a(default.o)
.
.
.

ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable
sections
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1