Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when gcc

is used as compiler.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Tests
 Build
 -----
 
+- Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when
+  gcc is used as compiler.
+
 C API
 -----
 

configure

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 61847 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 61992 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.6.
 #
@@ -12417,7 +12417,11 @@ then
 		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
 		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G';
 		fi ;;
-	hp*|HP*) LDSHARED="ld -b";;
+	hp*|HP*)
+		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
+		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+		else LDSHARED='ld -b';
+		fi ;;
 	OSF*) LDSHARED="ld -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\"";;
 	Darwin/1.3*)
 		LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'

configure.in

@@ -1485,7 +1485,11 @@ then
 		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
 		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G';
 		fi ;;
-	hp*|HP*) LDSHARED="ld -b";;
+	hp*|HP*)
+		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
+		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+		else LDSHARED='ld -b';
+		fi ;;
 	OSF*) LDSHARED="ld -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\"";;
 	Darwin/1.3*)
 		LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'