$NetBSD: patch-cd,v 1.1 2003/08/18 09:14:13 drochner Exp $

--- Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py.orig	Sat Mar 31 18:09:32 2001
+++ Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
@@ -445,8 +445,17 @@ class build_ext (Command):
             # that go into the mix.
             if ext.extra_objects:
                 objects.extend(ext.extra_objects)
+
+            # Two possible sources for extra linker arguments:
+            #   - 'extra_link_args' in Extension object
+            #   - LDFLAGS environment variable
+            # The environment variable should take precedence, and
+            # any sensible compiler will give precedence to later
+            # command line args.  Hence we combine them in order:
             extra_args = ext.extra_link_args or []
 
+            if os.environ.has_key('LDFLAGS'):
+                extra_args.extend(string.split(os.environ['LDFLAGS']))
 
             self.compiler.link_shared_object(
                 objects, ext_filename,