Building things with setup.py

[James Stroud]

Hello All,

This is annoying. I am trying to build scipy right now but every .so 
file requires my adding "-lpython2.5 -lpthread -lm -lutil -ldl -shared" 
to the ld flags.

Main Question: When building with "setup.py", where can I include this 
information so I don't have to link every .so file by hand?

Also, why would this not be caught by the developers of scipy and numpy? 
What factors go into needing to specify libraries and to properly link 
.so files manually? Certainly the enthought didn't forget to test the 
build process, so why would my machine be special in this regard?

I'm running Linux FC4 on a dual intel p4 (~3.2 GHz) with sundry 
libraries in non-standard places. Is this non-standard part what's 
killing me?

James

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James Stroud
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