There are some unit tests concerning distutils which are currently failing on AIX and may be an illustration of the same problem:

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ERROR: test_build_ext (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py", line 254, in link
    self.spawn(linker + ld_args)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 911, in spawn
    spawn(cmd, dry_run=self.dry_run)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/spawn.py", line 34, in spawn
    _spawn_posix(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/spawn.py", line 138, in _spawn_posix
    % (cmd[0], exit_status))
distutils.errors.DistutilsExecError: command './Modules/ld_so_aix' failed with exit status 1

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py", line 85, in test_build_ext
    cmd.run()
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 347, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 456, in build_extensions
    self.build_extension(ext)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 543, in build_extension
    target_lang=language)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 719, in link_shared_object
    extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp, target_lang)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py", line 256, in link
    raise LinkError(msg)
distutils.errors.LinkError: command './Modules/ld_so_aix' failed with exit status 1

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ERROR: test_get_outputs (distutils.tests.test_build_ext.BuildExtTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py", line 254, in link
    self.spawn(linker + ld_args)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 911, in spawn
    spawn(cmd, dry_run=self.dry_run)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/spawn.py", line 34, in spawn
    _spawn_posix(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/spawn.py", line 138, in _spawn_posix
    % (cmd[0], exit_status))
distutils.errors.DistutilsExecError: command './Modules/ld_so_aix' failed with exit status 1

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py", line 343, in test_get_outputs
    cmd.run()
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 347, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 456, in build_extensions
    self.build_extension(ext)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 543, in build_extension
    target_lang=language)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 719, in link_shared_object
    extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp, target_lang)
  File "/san_cis/home/cis/.buildbot/python-aix6/py3k-aix6-xlc/build/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py", line 256, in link
    raise LinkError(msg)
distutils.errors.LinkError: command './Modules/ld_so_aix' failed with exit status 1

I will take a look.