bpo-21536: C extensions are no longer linked to libpython (GH-12946)

On Unix, C extensions are no longer linked to libpython.

It is now possible to load a C extension built using a shared library
Python with a statically linked Python.

When Python is embedded, libpython must not be loaded with
RTLD_LOCAL, but RTLD_GLOBAL instead. Previously, using RTLD_LOCAL, it
was already not possible to load C extensions which were not linked
to libpython, like C extensions of the standard library built by the
"*shared*" section of Modules/Setup.

distutils, python-config and python-config.py have been modified.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/command/build_ext.py b/command/build_ext.py
index 0428466b..1672d02a 100644
--- a/command/build_ext.py
+++ b/command/build_ext.py
@@ -714,20 +714,5 @@ class build_ext(Command):
                 # don't extend ext.libraries, it may be shared with other
                 # extensions, it is a reference to the original list
                 return ext.libraries + [pythonlib]
-            else:
-                return ext.libraries
-        elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            # Don't use the default code below
-            return ext.libraries
-        elif sys.platform[:3] == 'aix':
-            # Don't use the default code below
-            return ext.libraries
-        else:
-            from distutils import sysconfig
-            if sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
-                pythonlib = 'python{}.{}{}'.format(
-                    sys.hexversion >> 24, (sys.hexversion >> 16) & 0xff,
-                    sysconfig.get_config_var('ABIFLAGS'))
-                return ext.libraries + [pythonlib]
-            else:
-                return ext.libraries
+
+        return ext.libraries