CFLAGS are not taken into account properly

[Toon Knapen]

To configure python on a Solaris 9 box with sunstudio11 installed and to
compile it in 64bit, I execute following:

<code>
export CC=cc
export CFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
export CXX=CC
export CXXFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
export F77=f77
export FFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
export LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
../configure
</code>
When doing 'make' afterwards, the '-xarch=v9' option is not on the
command-line however? Should'nt the CFLAGS be propagated to the Makefile
that is generated by configure? Or is there any other way to do this?

Thanks in advance,

toon

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Toon> To configure python on a Solaris 9 box with sunstudio11 installed
Toon> and to compile it in 64bit, I execute following:

Toon> <code>
Toon> export CC=cc
Toon> export CFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
Toon> export CXX=CC
Toon> export CXXFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
Toon> export F77=f77
Toon> export FFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
Toon> export LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
Toon> ./configure
Toon> </code>

Toon> When doing 'make' afterwards, the '-xarch=v9' option is not on the
Toon> command-line however? Should'nt the CFLAGS be propagated to the
Toon> Makefile that is generated by configure? Or is there any other way
Toon> to do this?

I agree, the Python configure/Makefile combination doesn't conform very well
to current GNU style in this regard. Try setting EXTRA_CFLAGS instead of
CFLAGS.

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[Toon Knapen]

sk**@pobox.com wrote:

I agree, the Python configure/Makefile combination doesn't conform very well
to current GNU style in this regard. Try setting EXTRA_CFLAGS instead of
CFLAGS.

Thanks.

But some other (but 'similar') functionality is broken. Now I succeeded
in compiling python. But when using distutils (e.g. when installing
numarray using the setup.py), python will compile the files using the
'-xarch=v9' option but drops this option when linking dynamic libraries
(although I defined LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9" before configuring python).
Additionally python adds the option '-xcode=pic32' to the
compile-command which will compile my numarray in 32bit instead of 64bit
(while python itself is in 64bit)

toon

[Toon Knapen]

sk**@pobox.com wrote:

I agree, the Python configure/Makefile combination doesn't conform very well
to current GNU style in this regard. Try setting EXTRA_CFLAGS instead of
CFLAGS.

Thanks.

But some other (but 'similar') functionality is broken. Now I succeeded
in compiling python. But when using distutils (e.g. when installing
numarray using the setup.py), python will compile the files using the
'-xarch=v9' option but drops this option when linking dynamic libraries
(although I defined LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9" before configuring python).
Additionally python adds the option '-xcode=pic32' to the
compile-command which will compile my numarray in 32bit instead of 64bit
(while python itself is in 64bit)

toon

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Toon> But some other (but 'similar') functionality is broken. Now I
Toon> succeeded in compiling python. But when using distutils (e.g. when
Toon> installing numarray using the setup.py), python will compile the
Toon> files using the '-xarch=v9' option but drops this option when
Toon> linking dynamic libraries (although I defined LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
Toon> before configuring python). Additionally python adds the option
Toon> '-xcode=pic32' to the compile-command which will compile my
Toon> numarray in 32bit instead of 64bit (while python itself is in
Toon> 64bit)

That seems like a bug in distutils. Can you submit a help ticket?

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[Toon Knapen]

sk**@pobox.com wrote:

Toon> But some other (but 'similar') functionality is broken. Now I
Toon> succeeded in compiling python. But when using distutils (e.g. when
Toon> installing numarray using the setup.py), python will compile the
Toon> files using the '-xarch=v9' option but drops this option when
Toon> linking dynamic libraries (although I defined LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
Toon> before configuring python). Additionally python adds the option
Toon> '-xcode=pic32' to the compile-command which will compile my
Toon> numarray in 32bit instead of 64bit (while python itself is in
Toon> 64bit)

That seems like a bug in distutils. Can you submit a help ticket?

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