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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":".pc for Android contains invalid syntax","articleBody":"# Bug report\n\n### Bug description:\n\nLooking at the Android build here: https://www.python.org/downloads/android/\n\nThe .pc files look like this:\n\n```\n# See: man pkg-config\nprefix=/usr/local\nexec_prefix=${prefix}\nlibdir=${exec_prefix}/lib\nincludedir=${prefix}/include\n\nName: Python\nDescription: Build a C extension for Python\nRequires:\nVersion: 3.14\nLibs.private: -ldl  -llog\nLibs: -L${libdir} $(BLDLIBRARY)\nCflags: -I${includedir}/python3.14\n```\n\nThe \"Libs:\" line contains some autotools internals instead of the library name resulting in linker errors like:\n\n```\ncannot find $(BLDLIBRARY): No such file or directory\n```\n\nMight be related to #115780\n\nDisclaimer: The main reason I'm reporting this is that it also breaks the Cygwin build in the same way, but that's not a supported platform, so this is the next best thing. i.e. I've not actually tested on Android.\n\n### CPython versions tested on:\n\n3.13\n\n### Operating systems tested on:\n\nWindows","author":{"url":"https://github.com/lazka","@type":"Person","name":"lazka"},"datePublished":"2025-09-11T15:34:47.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/138800/cpython/issues/138800"}