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Tom Tromey wrote:
> Michael> So this problem shows up because we've switched to static linking
> Michael> (at least for configure).
> 
> I wonder why that changed. 

Me too.

> Does your Python come with dynamic libraries? 

Yep.

> Did 7.1 choose those instead? 

Yep.

> AFAIK we didn't intentionally make any change to prefer static libraries -- 

That's odd, because it seems like a non-trivial change was required.

 > I think that would be a bad decision.

Me too.

Both 7.1 and 7.2 use "ac_fn_c_try_link", which is locally defined in 
configure.  In configure.ac, it appears to be AC_TRY_LIBPYTHON.