$NetBSD: patch-ae,v 1.1.1.1 2002/10/25 10:48:48 drochner Exp $

--- Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py.orig	Thu Dec  6 17:59:54 2001
+++ Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
@@ -472,8 +472,18 @@
         # 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,