This patch modifies the setup script to support Solaris.

As it is Solaris-specific, it is not suitable for upstream.

@@ -728,6 +728,13 @@

                                                      ['/usr/lib/termcap'],

                                                      'termcap'):

                 readline_libs.append('termcap')

+

+            if host_platform == 'sunos5':

+                # insert '-zrecord' before the readline libraries that we

+                # want to link with to avoid rl_insert() elimination

+                readline_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-zrecord','-lreadline','-lncurses')

+                readline_libs = ()

+

             exts.append( Extension('readline', ['readline.c'],

                                    library_dirs=['/usr/lib/termcap'],

                                    extra_link_args=readline_extra_link_args,

             # this option. If you want to compile ctypes with the Sun

             # compiler, please research a proper solution, instead of

             # finding some -z option for the Sun compiler.

-            extra_link_args.append('-mimpure-text')

+            pass

         elif host_platform.startswith('hp-ux'):

             extra_link_args.append('-fPIC')