Get Python LDFLAGS from 'pkg-config'. The other approach is more complex and gets it wrong: it returns "-L/path/to/python/lib/python-2.7.10/lib/python2.7/config -lpython -lwhatever"; since that config/ sub-directory contains libpython2.7.a, we end up statically linking Python in Weechat's python.so, which we do not want. --- weechat-1.3/configure.ac 2015-08-16 08:27:07.000000000 +0200 +++ weechat-1.3/configure.ac 2015-11-29 18:18:52.975197048 +0100 @@ -535,29 +535,7 @@ if test "x$enable_python" = "xyes" ; the if test -r "$PYTHON_INCLUDE/Python.h"; then PYTHON_CFLAGS="-I$PYTHON_INCLUDE" AC_MSG_RESULT(found) - PYTHON_LIB=`$PYTHON -c "import sys, distutils.sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBPL'))"` - PYTHON_LFLAGS="-lpython$PYTHON_VERSION "`$PYTHON -c "import sys, distutils.sysconfig; sys.stdout.write(distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBS')+' '+distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('SYSLIBS')+' '+distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var('LINKFORSHARED'))"` - AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Python library) - if test -r "$PYTHON_LIB/libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.so"; then - PYTHON_LFLAGS="-L$PYTHON_LIB $PYTHON_LFLAGS" - AC_MSG_RESULT(found) - elif test -r "$PYTHON_LIB/libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.a"; then - PYTHON_LFLAGS="-L$PYTHON_LIB $PYTHON_LFLAGS" - AC_MSG_RESULT(found) - elif test -r "$PYTHON_LIB/libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.dll.a"; then - PYTHON_LFLAGS="-L$PYTHON_LIB $PYTHON_LFLAGS" - AC_MSG_RESULT(found) - elif test -r "$PYTHON_SYSPREFIX/lib/libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.so"; then - PYTHON_LFLAGS="-L$PYTHON_SYSPREFIX/lib/ $PYTHON_LFLAGS" - AC_MSG_RESULT(found) - else - AC_MSG_WARN([ -*** Python library couldn't be found on your system. -*** Try to install it with your software package manager. -*** WeeChat will be built without Python support.]) - enable_python="no" - not_found="$not_found python" - fi + PYTHON_LFLAGS=`pkg-config python2 --libs` else AC_MSG_WARN([ *** Python header files couldn't be found on your system.