[issue12976] select module: only use EVFILT_TIMER if available (kqueue backend)

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[issue12976] select module: only use EVFILT_TIMER if available (kqueue backend)

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[issue12976] select module: only use EVFILT_TIMER if available (kqueue backend)

Charles-François Natali added the comment: Since this patch alone won't be enough to support MirBSD (and is required only for MirBSD), I suggest you to post the complete patch, and rename this issue "add support for MirBSD platform", or something along those lines. That way, we can consider th

[issue12976] select module: only use EVFILT_TIMER if available (kqueue backend)

Benny Siegert added the comment: There are actually only two things that need to be touched for supporting MirBSD: This and the Configure script. I was planning to submit the Configure patches separately, I just started with this patch as it is so trivial. --

[issue12976] select module: only use EVFILT_TIMER if available (kqueue backend)

Charles-François Natali added the comment: Hello, According to http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/ident?v=NETBSD;im=3;i=EVFILT_TIMER EVFILT_TIMER is defined on NetBSD. As for MirBSD, with all due respect, it really looks like a niche platform, definitely not officially supported by Python. Of course,

[issue12976] select module: only use EVFILT_TIMER if available (kqueue backend)

New submission from Benny Siegert : When building python-2.6 on MirBSD, building the select module (which uses the kqueue backend on this platform) fails. This is because EVFILT_TIMER is not available on the platform. The proposed patch is for python-2.6 but should apply to tip too. This was