@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ NO_AS_NEEDED=	@NO_AS_NEEDED@
 LDLAST=		@LDLAST@
 SGI_ABI=	@SGI_ABI@
 CCSHARED=	@CCSHARED@
+# LINKFORSHARED are the flags passed to the $(CC) command that links
+# the python executable -- this is only needed for a few systems
 LINKFORSHARED=	@LINKFORSHARED@
 ARFLAGS=	@ARFLAGS@
 # Extra C flags added for building the interpreter object files.
 
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+``python-config --ldflags`` no longer includes flags of the
+``LINKFORSHARED`` variable. The ``LINKFORSHARED`` variable must only be used
+to build executables.
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ for opt in opt_flags:
         if opt == '--ldflags':
             if not getvar('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
                 libs.insert(0, '-L' + getvar('LIBPL'))
-            if not getvar('PYTHONFRAMEWORK'):
-                libs.extend(getvar('LINKFORSHARED').split())
         print(' '.join(libs))
 
     elif opt == '--extension-suffix':
 
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ ABIFLAGS="@ABIFLAGS@"
 LIBS="-lpython${VERSION}${ABIFLAGS} @LIBS@ $SYSLIBS"
 BASECFLAGS="@BASECFLAGS@"
 LDLIBRARY="@LDLIBRARY@"
-LINKFORSHARED="@LINKFORSHARED@"
 OPT="@OPT@"
 PY_ENABLE_SHARED="@PY_ENABLE_SHARED@"
 LDVERSION="@LDVERSION@"
@@ -89,15 +88,11 @@ do
             echo "$LIBS"
         ;;
         --ldflags)
-            LINKFORSHAREDUSED=
-            if [ -z "$PYTHONFRAMEWORK" ] ; then
-                LINKFORSHAREDUSED=$LINKFORSHARED
-            fi
             LIBPLUSED=
             if [ "$PY_ENABLE_SHARED" = "0" ] ; then
                 LIBPLUSED="-L$LIBPL"
             fi
-            echo "$LIBPLUSED -L$libdir $LIBS $LINKFORSHAREDUSED"
+            echo "$LIBPLUSED -L$libdir $LIBS"
         ;;
         --extension-suffix)
             echo "$SO"
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`@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@`
	`1`	+``python-config --ldflags`` no longer includes flags of the
	`2`	+``LINKFORSHARED`` variable. The ``LINKFORSHARED`` variable must only be used
	`3`	`+to build executables.`