This patch is a Solaris-specific hack; it will not be submitted upstream.

--- Python-2.7.9/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py.~1~ 2014-12-10 07:59:34.000000000 -0800

+++ Python-2.7.9/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py 2014-12-11 09:28:01.439349129 -0800

@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@

else:

archiver = ar + ' ' + ar_flags

+ # Force PIC compilation. Determine if GNU compiler or otherwise

+ # and set the PIC flag(s) accordingly. Defaults to Studio compiler.

+ out = os.popen(cc + ' --version 2>/dev/null', 'r')

+ out_string = out.read()

+ out.close()

+ result = re.search(' (\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)*)', out_string)

+ kpic_flags = "-fPIC -DPIC" if result else "-KPIC -DPIC"

+ cflags += ' ' + kpic_flags

+

cc_cmd = cc + ' ' + cflags

compiler.set_executables(

preprocessor=cpp,