- Issue #18096: Fix library order returned by python-config.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ Build
 - Issue #21166: Prevent possible segfaults and other random failures of
   python --generate-posix-vars in pybuilddir.txt build target.
 
+- Issue #18096: Fix library order returned by python-config.
+
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Misc/python-config.in

@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ for opt in opt_flags:
         print ' '.join(flags)
 
     elif opt in ('--libs', '--ldflags'):
-        libs = getvar('LIBS').split() + getvar('SYSLIBS').split()
-        libs.append('-lpython'+pyver)
+        libs = ['-lpython' + pyver]
+        libs += getvar('LIBS').split()
+        libs += getvar('SYSLIBS').split()
         # add the prefix/lib/pythonX.Y/config dir, but only if there is no
         # shared library in prefix/lib/.
         if opt == '--ldflags':