Configure fails on fresh MacPorts install on Mountain Lion

[bryant.gipson@…]

Configure fails with:

:info:configure configure: error:
:info:configure   Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been
:info:configure   installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure,
:info:configure   via the LDFLAGS environment variable.
:info:configure   Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib"
:info:configure   ============================================================================
:info:configure    ERROR!
:info:configure    You probably have to install the development version of the Python package
:info:configure    for your distribution.  The exact name of this package varies among them.
:info:configure   ============================================================================

I could get this to compile, however, using the following:

./configure PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-u _PyMac_Error"  LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib `python-config --ldflags` `python-config --libs`" CXXFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local//Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include" --prefix=/opt/local/  --with-boost-python=boost_python-mt --disable-sparsehash CXX=clang

[bryant.gipson@…]

Oh, also my python version is the correct ports 2.7 version (not system)

$>which python
'/opt/local/bin/python'

$>/opt/local/bin/python --version
Python 2.7.5

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[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Replying to bryant.gipson@…:

Oh, also my python version is the correct ports 2.7 version (not system)

$>which python
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'/opt/local/bin/python'

$>/opt/local/bin/python --version
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Python 2.7.5

This should not matter. Ports should reference specific Python versions, not the generic ${prefix}/bin/python.

:info:configure checking python extra linking flags... -u _PyMac_Error Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python

Looks like #39223.