diff Patch to correct the AIX C/C++ linker argument used for 'runtime_library_dirs'. --- python/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.original 2004-10-04 18:51:46.000000000 -0700 +++ python/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py 2004-10-04 18:51:57.000000000 -0700 @@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ return ["-rpath", dir] elif compiler[:3] == "gcc" or compiler[:3] == "g++": return "-Wl,-R" + dir + elif sys.platform[:3] == "aix": + return "-blibpath:" + dir else: return "-R" + dir