Well, compiling Python 2.5 on Solaris 10 on an x86 is no walk in the park. pyconfig.h seems to think SIZEOF_LONG is 4 and I SEGV during my build, even after modifying the Makefile and pyconfig.h.
Mathew Martin v. Löwis wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > Anyone ever done this? It looks like Python2.4 won't take a length arg > >> 2 Gig since its not seen as an int. > > What architecture are you on? On a 32-bit architecture, it's likely > impossible to map in 2GiB, anyway (since it likely won't fit into the > available address space). > > On a 64-bit architecture, this is a known limitation of Python 2.4: > you can't have containers with more than 2Gi items. This limitation > was removed in Python 2.5, so I recommend to upgrade. Notice that > the code has seen little testing, due to lack of proper hardware, > so I shall suggest that you review the mmap code first before using > it (or just test it out and report bugs as you find them). > > Regards, > Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
