Bugs item #1633863, was opened at 2007-01-12 09:46 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by smudd You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1633863&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Build Group: Python 2.5 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Johannes Abt (jabt) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: AIX: configure ignores $CC Initial Comment: CC=xlc_r ./configure does not work on AIX-5.1, because configure unconditionally sets $CC to "cc_r": case $ac_sys_system in AIX*) CC=cc_r without_gcc=;; It would be better to leave $CC and just add "-qthreaded" to $CFLAGS. Furthermore, much of the C source code of Python uses C++ /C99 comments. This is an error with the standard AIX compiler. Please add the compiler flag "-qcpluscmt". An alternative would be to use a default of "xlc_r" for CC on AIX. This calls the compiler in a mode that both accepts C++ comments and generates reentrant code. Regards, Johannes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Simon Mudd (smudd) Date: 2007-02-20 11:36 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1724042 Originator: NO This issue also prevents trying to build Python with gcc on AIX which I am attempting at the moment. While trying to resolve my own issue I have applied the following dirty patch to the python-2.5 tar ball. The patch should allow you to set CC to a non standard value. # Patch to make Python work with AIX and OpenPKG. # # This patch is NOT complete. # - configure is not automatically recreated from configure.in # - The correct behaviour for AIX should be to use CC if set and # otherwise to look for cc_r, cc and gcc (not sure about the order). # Index: configure.in --- configure.in.orig 2007-02-19 15:19:32.000000000 +0100 +++ configure.in 2007-02-19 15:21:35.000000000 +0100 @@ -346,8 +346,15 @@ without_gcc=$withval;; esac], [ case $ac_sys_system in - AIX*) CC=cc_r - without_gcc=;; + AIX*) + # set CC if not set already. + # - SHOULD enhance check to look for cc or gcc in case it + # is in the PATH. + if /usr/bin/test -z "$CC"; then + CC=cc_r + without_gcc= + fi + ;; BeOS*) case $BE_HOST_CPU in ppc) Index: configure *** configure.orig Tue Feb 20 10:14:18 2007 --- configure Tue Feb 20 10:15:23 2007 *************** *** 1719,1726 **** else case $ac_sys_system in ! AIX*) CC=cc_r ! without_gcc=;; BeOS*) case $BE_HOST_CPU in ppc) --- 1719,1733 ---- else case $ac_sys_system in ! AIX*) ! # set CC if not set already. ! # - SHOULD enhance check to look for cc or gcc in case it ! # is in the PATH. ! if /usr/bin/test -z "$CC"; then ! CC=cc_r ! without_gcc= ! fi ! ;; BeOS*) case $BE_HOST_CPU in ppc) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Johannes Abt (jabt) Date: 2007-01-30 14:07 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1563402 Originator: YES Sorry about the C++ comments... all the C++ comments I have found concern Windows, PC or Darwin. I must have confused this with another project I have been compiling. Though there still the issue with setting $CC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz) Date: 2007-01-19 06:47 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=33168 Originator: NO There shouldn't be any C++ comments in the Python code. If there are, it is a mistake. I did see some get removed recently. Could you let me know where you see the C++ comments? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1633863&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com