Hi Neal,

PYTHON_ROOT=/usr PYTHON_VERSION=2.3 PYTHON_LIB_PATH=/usr/lib64/python2.3 bjam --v2

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...patience... ...found 986 targets... ...updating 113 targets... MkDir1 bin.v2 MkDir1 bin.v2/libs MkDir1 bin.v2/libs/test MkDir1 bin.v2/libs/test/build MkDir1 bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc MkDir1 bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc/debug gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc/debug/execution_monitor.o gcc.compile.c++ bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc/debug/cpp_main.o gcc.link.dll bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc/debug/boost_prg_exec_monitor.so /usr/bin/ld: bin.v2/libs/test/build/gcc/debug/execution_monitor.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

In turns out that on X86_64 and on some "other platforms", shared libraries must be build with -fPIC, for uknown reasons. While they can be build without -fPIC on X86_32, that's also "nonstandard". So, I've changed V2 to always pass -fPIC. Thanks, Volodya