Similar failure on 2.7:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpython2.7
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
test test_distutils failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/srv/buildbot/buildarea/2.7.bolen-ubuntu/build/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py", line 269, in test_get_outputs
cmd.run()
File "/srv/buildbot/buildarea/2.7.bolen-ubuntu/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 340, in run
self.build_extensions()
File "/srv/buildbot/buildarea/2.7.bolen-ubuntu/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 449, in build_extensions
self.build_extension(ext)
File "/srv/buildbot/buildarea/2.7.bolen-ubuntu/build/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 531, in build_extension
target_lang=language)
File "/srv/buildbot/buildarea/2.7.bolen-ubuntu/build/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 741, in link_shared_object
extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp, target_lang)
File "/srv/buildbot/buildarea/2.7.bolen-ubuntu/build/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py", line 258, in link
raise LinkError, msg
LinkError: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1