[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1749: SOABI-problem with external libraries and python3.2

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#1749: SOABI-problem with external libraries and python3.2
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 Reporter:  don.fanucci      |       Owner:  cdavid
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  1.6.0 
Component:  numpy.distutils  |     Version:  1.5.1 
 Keywords:                   |  
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Comment(by don.fanucci):

 Hi!

 I've tested on Linux systems (CentOS 5.5, and Ubuntu 10.10), and simply
 build python with
 ./configure --enable-shared --prefix=... ; make ; make install

 The confic variables becomes
 {{{
 >>> sysconfig.get_config_var('SO')
 '.cpython-32m.so'
 >>> sysconfig.get_config_var('SOABI')
 'cpython-32m'
 >>>
 }}}


 The python tar-ball didn't seem to include any configure.ac or other
 configure-source-stuff, but looking into the generated configure scripts,
 it contains the snippet

 {{{
 if test -z "$SO"
 then
         case $ac_sys_system in
         hp*|HP*)
                 case `uname -m` in
                         ia64) SO=.so;;
                         *)    SO=.sl;;
                 esac
                 ;;
         CYGWIN*)   SO=.dll;;
         Linux*|GNU*)
                    SO=.${SOABI}.so;;
         *)         SO=.so;;
         esac
 else
         # this might also be a termcap variable, see #610332
         echo
         echo
 '====================================================================='
         echo '+
 +'
         echo '+ WARNING: You have set SO in your environment.
 +'
         echo '+ Do you really mean to change the extension for shared
 libraries?  +'
         echo '+ Continuing in 10 seconds to let you to ponder.
 +'
         echo '+
 +'
         echo
 '====================================================================='
         sleep 10
 fi
 }}}

 Hence, it looks to be specific for linux systems, and your OS-X system is
 then likely behaving as intended.

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