Get rid of -fPIC

[michael-o]

python-package/src/python/hpux_fpic.patch

Line 9 in e88eba7

+ elif host_platform.startswith('hp-ux') and 'gcc' in sysconfig.get_config_var('CC'):

I think this line is nonsense because -fPIC seems to be a compile time option. It does not make any sense to link with that. Does it?

[dumol]

I assumed it made sense upstream, where GCC is the default compiler, so our patch just makes sure this argument is not appended when using the proprietary compiler.

We don't deal with GCC issues on HP-UX on our own. If you care for that scenario, patches are welcome… ;-]

[michael-o]

Not fully, I do not consider GCC to be a default compiler on HP-UX. It is aCC.

[dumol]

HP-UX is no longer supported.

[michael-o]

I don't even remember reporting this ;-)
In fact, I did and it is still open: python/cpython#8847

[dumol]

Yeah, dead platform is dead. RIP HP-UX…

Thanks anyway! ;-]

[michael-o]

Yeah, dead platform is dead. RIP HP-UX…

Thanks anyway! ;-]

It is, unfortunately, pretty much alive, though in a niche for many years...