[Python-Dev] Anders Qvist: Re: [snake-farm] Autodetect /usr/ccs/bin?

[Kevin Jacobs]

On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote:
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> Date:    Sun, 06 Oct 2002 22:03:57 +0200
> From:    Anders Qvist <quest@lysator.liu.se>
> To:      Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
> Subject: Re: [snake-farm] Autodetect /usr/ccs/bin?
> 
> Apparently, the pike people do this. They seem to think it's the right
> thing to do. From their configure.in:
> 
>   case "$pike_cv_sys_os" in
>     ...
>     Solaris) LDSHARED="/usr/ccs/bin/ld -G";;
>     ...
> 
> They also add it to their PATH during various circumstances. Have a
> look at:

I _know_ this is wrong for several non-native (non-SunPro) Solaris
compilers. My applications assume that $PATH has the correct ld/ar/cpp.  If
not, we augment the search to look in /usr/ccs, /opt/sunWPro, and other more
obscure locations. I believe this is in accord with Martin suggestion.

Regards,
-Kevin

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