Is there a known problem with ctypes module on AIX? Google did not help me to find anything. Here is part of the output from "make":
building '_ctypes' extension xlc_r -q64 -DNDEBUG -O -I. -I/gpfs/m2/home/wx22gt/tools/src/Python-2.5-cc/./Include -Ibuild/temp.aix-5.3-2.5/libffi/include -Ibuild/temp.aix-5.3-2.5/libffi -I/gpfs/m2/home/wx22gt/tools/src/Python-2.5-cc/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src -I/u/wx22gt/tools/Python-2.5-cc/include -I./Include -I. -I/gpfs/m2/home/wx22gt/tools/src/Python-2.5-cc/Include -I/gpfs/m2/home/wx22gt/tools/src/Python-2.5-cc -c /gpfs/m2/home/wx22gt/tools/src/Python-2.5-cc/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/powerpc/aix.S -obuild/temp.aix-5.3-2.5/gpfs/m2/home/wx22gt/tools/src/Python-2.5-cc/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/powerpc/aix.o Assembler: line 1: 1252-162 Invalid -m flag assembly mode operand: PWR5X. Valid values are:COM PWR PWR2 PPC 601 603 604 PPC64 620 A35 PWR4 PWR5 970 PPC970 PWR6 ANY export OBJECT_MODE=64 cd $TOOLS/src/Python-2.5-cc ./configure --prefix=$TOOLS/Python-2.5-cc --with-gcc="xlc_r -q64" --with-cxx="xlC_r -q64" --disable-ipv6 AR="ar -X64" George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list