If you want to compile Vim with Python 2 or 3 support, you may run into this error. I haven’t found a precise solution online, so here is how I fixed it.

The error can occurr when you try to configure Vim compilation files with Python support, that is after you run ./configure inside the Vim source directory with the enabled Python flags:

checking whether we can do without RTLD_GLOBAL for Python... no checking whether we can do without RTLD_GLOBAL for Python3... no"

The worst thing is, this error just prints somwhere in the configuration log, you have to grep for it to see it. The configuration still completes and you can compile Vim afterwards, but the Python support doesn’t work.

Anyway, here’s how to fix it

sudo porg -lD 'make install'

Run this after make or however you did the compilation. The second command makes the magic happen. Porg fixes the Python problems after the compilation.

Try :echo has(python) now, if it returns 1 you’re good to go!