Failed to compile GDB 7.2 with python support

[Joel Brobecker]

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> [...]
> configure:10682: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   -I/tmp/python-2.6.6-install/include -I/tmp/python-2.6.6-install/include    conftest.c -lncurses -lz -lm    -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -lpython2.6 >&5
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpython2.6
> [...]
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> 
> Apparently the -L/tmp/Python-2.6.6-install/lib is missing.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

Something might be incorrect in your Python install (or non-standard).
What does

        /tmp/python-2.6.6-install/bin/python python-config.py --ldflags

print (this python script is in the gdb/python/ subdirectory of the
GDB sources).

-- 
Joel