From 42005c77a00e11ca0e2a666fd2b4cfc3e4101710 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Miss Islington (bot)"
 <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 23:45:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [3.13] gh-116622: Rename build variable MODULE_LDFLAGS back
 to LIBPYTHON (GH-122764) (GH-122842)

gh-116622: Rename build variable MODULE_LDFLAGS back to LIBPYTHON (GH-122764)

(LIBPYTHON was renamed MODULE_LDFLAGS in commit 7f5e3f04f.)
(cherry picked from commit 2f5c3b09e45798a18d60841d04a165fb062be666)

Co-authored-by: Malcolm Smith <smith@chaquo.com>
---
 Makefile.pre.in                                       |  2 +-
 .../2024-08-07-00-20-18.gh-issue-116622.U9cxHM.rst    |  2 ++
 Misc/python-config.sh.in                              |  2 +-
 Misc/python.pc.in                                     |  2 +-
 Modules/makesetup                                     |  2 +-
 configure                                             | 11 +++++++----
 configure.ac                                          | 11 +++++++----
 7 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-08-07-00-20-18.gh-issue-116622.U9cxHM.rst

diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 39f771cb14b..2d3a63d982d 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ SOABI=		@SOABI@
 ABIFLAGS=	@ABIFLAGS@
 ABI_THREAD=	@ABI_THREAD@
 LDVERSION=	@LDVERSION@
-MODULE_LDFLAGS=@MODULE_LDFLAGS@
+LIBPYTHON=@LIBPYTHON@
 GITVERSION=	@GITVERSION@
 GITTAG=		@GITTAG@
 GITBRANCH=	@GITBRANCH@
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-08-07-00-20-18.gh-issue-116622.U9cxHM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-08-07-00-20-18.gh-issue-116622.U9cxHM.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9a56d65ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-08-07-00-20-18.gh-issue-116622.U9cxHM.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Rename build variable ``MODULE_LDFLAGS`` back to ``LIBPYTHON``, as it's used by
+package build systems (e.g. Meson).
diff --git a/Misc/python-config.sh.in b/Misc/python-config.sh.in
index 9929f5b2653..555b0cb6ba2 100644
--- a/Misc/python-config.sh.in
+++ b/Misc/python-config.sh.in
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ LIBM="@LIBM@"
 LIBC="@LIBC@"
 SYSLIBS="$LIBM $LIBC"
 ABIFLAGS="@ABIFLAGS@"
-LIBS="@MODULE_LDFLAGS@ @LIBS@ $SYSLIBS"
+LIBS="@LIBPYTHON@ @LIBS@ $SYSLIBS"
 LIBS_EMBED="-lpython${VERSION}${ABIFLAGS} @LIBS@ $SYSLIBS"
 BASECFLAGS="@BASECFLAGS@"
 LDLIBRARY="@LDLIBRARY@"
diff --git a/Misc/python.pc.in b/Misc/python.pc.in
index c2c740e82b1..027dba38585 100644
--- a/Misc/python.pc.in
+++ b/Misc/python.pc.in
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Description: Build a C extension for Python
 Requires:
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs.private: @LIBS@
-Libs: -L${libdir} @MODULE_LDFLAGS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} @LIBPYTHON@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/python@VERSION@@ABIFLAGS@
diff --git a/Modules/makesetup b/Modules/makesetup
index d41b6640bb5..8bb971b152a 100755
--- a/Modules/makesetup
+++ b/Modules/makesetup
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ sed -e 's/[ 	]*#.*//' -e '/^[ 	]*$/d' |
 				;;
 			esac
 			rule="$file: $objs"
-			rule="$rule; \$(BLDSHARED) $objs $libs \$(MODULE_LDFLAGS) -o $file"
+			rule="$rule; \$(BLDSHARED) $objs $libs \$(LIBPYTHON) -o $file"
 			echo "$rule" >>$rulesf
 		done
 	done
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index beffc1fd76c..09df9b1691f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ LIBPL
 PY_ENABLE_SHARED
 PLATLIBDIR
 BINLIBDEST
-MODULE_LDFLAGS
+LIBPYTHON
 MODULE_DEPS_SHARED
 EXT_SUFFIX
 ALT_SOABI
@@ -24578,16 +24578,19 @@ LDVERSION='$(VERSION)$(ABIFLAGS)'
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $LDVERSION" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "$LDVERSION" >&6; }
 
-# Configure the flags and dependencies used when compiling shared modules
+# Configure the flags and dependencies used when compiling shared modules.
+# Do not rename LIBPYTHON - it's accessed via sysconfig by package build
+# systems (e.g. Meson) to decide whether to link extension modules against
+# libpython.
 
 
 MODULE_DEPS_SHARED='$(MODULE_DEPS_STATIC) $(EXPORTSYMS)'
-MODULE_LDFLAGS=''
+LIBPYTHON=''
 
 # On Android and Cygwin the shared libraries must be linked with libpython.
 if test "$PY_ENABLE_SHARED" = "1" && ( test -n "$ANDROID_API_LEVEL" || test "$MACHDEP" = "cygwin"); then
   MODULE_DEPS_SHARED="$MODULE_DEPS_SHARED \$(LDLIBRARY)"
-  MODULE_LDFLAGS="\$(BLDLIBRARY)"
+  LIBPYTHON="\$(BLDLIBRARY)"
 fi
 
 # On iOS the shared libraries must be linked with the Python framework
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5842bd24c45..6aede6560f6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6164,16 +6164,19 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([LDVERSION])
 LDVERSION='$(VERSION)$(ABIFLAGS)'
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$LDVERSION])
 
-# Configure the flags and dependencies used when compiling shared modules
+# Configure the flags and dependencies used when compiling shared modules.
+# Do not rename LIBPYTHON - it's accessed via sysconfig by package build
+# systems (e.g. Meson) to decide whether to link extension modules against
+# libpython.
 AC_SUBST([MODULE_DEPS_SHARED])
-AC_SUBST([MODULE_LDFLAGS])
+AC_SUBST([LIBPYTHON])
 MODULE_DEPS_SHARED='$(MODULE_DEPS_STATIC) $(EXPORTSYMS)'
-MODULE_LDFLAGS=''
+LIBPYTHON=''
 
 # On Android and Cygwin the shared libraries must be linked with libpython.
 if test "$PY_ENABLE_SHARED" = "1" && ( test -n "$ANDROID_API_LEVEL" || test "$MACHDEP" = "cygwin"); then
   MODULE_DEPS_SHARED="$MODULE_DEPS_SHARED \$(LDLIBRARY)"
-  MODULE_LDFLAGS="\$(BLDLIBRARY)"
+  LIBPYTHON="\$(BLDLIBRARY)"
 fi
 
 # On iOS the shared libraries must be linked with the Python framework