Re: [RESEND] [PATCH] tools/python: Pass linker to Python build process

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 29.09.2020 04:27, Pry Mar wrote:
>> Unexpectedly the environment variable which needs to be passed is
>> $LDSHARED and not $LD.  Otherwise Python may find the build `ld` instead
>> of the host `ld`.
>>
>> Replace $(LDFLAGS) with $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) as Python needs shared objects
>> it can load at runtime, not executables.
>>
>> This uses $(CC) instead of $(LD) since Python distutils appends $CFLAGS
>> to $LDFLAGS which breaks many linkers.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Elliott Mitchell <ehem+xen@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Tested-by: Mark Pryor <pryorm09@xxxxxxxx>

Just fyi: With this zapping of the domain that looks to have appeared
on your side (list archive has the same), I'm afraid such a tag is
unusable. While one might infer it from From: of the mail, there's no
guarantee that what's intended.

Jan