diff -r 716855871352 Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py	Sat Sep 04 20:50:35 2010 +0200
+++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py	Sun Sep 05 13:52:12 2010 +0200
@@ -359,6 +359,11 @@ def parse_makefile(fn, g=None):
 
     fp.close()
 
+    # strip spurious spaces
+    for k, v in done.items():
+        if isinstance(v, str):
+            done[k] = v.strip()
+
     # save the results in the global dictionary
     g.update(done)
     return g
diff -r 716855871352 Lib/sysconfig.py
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py	Sat Sep 04 20:50:35 2010 +0200
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py	Sun Sep 05 13:52:12 2010 +0200
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ def _parse_makefile(filename, vars=None)
                 # bogus variable reference; just drop it since we can't deal
                 variables.remove(name)
 
+    # strip spurious spaces
+    for k, v in done.items():
+        if isinstance(v, str):
+            done[k] = v.strip()
+
     # save the results in the global dictionary
     vars.update(done)
     return vars
diff -r 716855871352 Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in	Sat Sep 04 20:50:35 2010 +0200
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in	Sun Sep 05 13:52:12 2010 +0200
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ LIBP=		$(LIBDIR)/python$(VERSION)
 
 # Symbols used for using shared libraries
 SO=		@SO@
-LDSHARED=	@LDSHARED@
-BLDSHARED=	@BLDSHARED@
+LDSHARED=	@LDSHARED@ $(PY_LDFLAGS)
+BLDSHARED=	@BLDSHARED@ $(PY_LDFLAGS)
 LDCXXSHARED=	@LDCXXSHARED@
 DESTSHARED=	$(BINLIBDEST)/lib-dynload
 
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ platform: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 # Build the shared modules
 sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
-	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' LDFLAGS='$(PY_LDFLAGS)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' LDFLAGS='$(PY_LDFLAGS)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
+	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
 	esac
 
 # Build static library
@@ -446,10 +446,10 @@ sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 
 libpython$(VERSION).so: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
 	if test $(INSTSONAME) != $(LDLIBRARY); then \
-		$(LDSHARED) $(PY_LDFLAGS) -Wl,-h$(INSTSONAME) -o $(INSTSONAME) $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
+		$(LDSHARED) -Wl,-h$(INSTSONAME) -o $(INSTSONAME) $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
 		$(LN) -f $(INSTSONAME) $@; \
 	else \
-		$(LDSHARED) $(PY_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
+		$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
 	fi
 
 libpython$(VERSION).dylib: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ libpython$(VERSION).dylib: $(LIBRARY_OBJ
 		 
 
 libpython$(VERSION).sl: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
-	$(LDSHARED) $(PY_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST)
+	$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST)
 
 # Copy up the gdb python hooks into a position where they can be automatically
 # loaded by gdb during Lib/test/test_gdb.py
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ RESSRCDIR=Mac/Resources/framework
 # for a shared core library; otherwise, this rule is a noop.
 $(DLLLIBRARY) libpython$(VERSION).dll.a: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
 	if test -n "$(DLLLIBRARY)"; then \
-		$(LDSHARED) $(PY_LDFLAGS) -Wl,--out-implib=$@ -o $(DLLLIBRARY) $^ \
+		$(LDSHARED) -Wl,--out-implib=$@ -o $(DLLLIBRARY) $^ \
 			$(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST); \
 	else true; \
 	fi