On Apr 20, 10:17 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recommend you disable compilation of ctypes (by removing the call
> to detect_ctypes from setup.py). It's fairly unlikely that you can
> manage to make ctypes work on your system.
Martin, Thanks again. I'm much closer now. Here is the script I'm
using to compile Python on AIX:
--begin script--
cp /path/to/include/bzlib.h Include/.
cat <<EOF | patch setup.py
*** setup.py.xxreg042108 2008-04-21 13:19:24.000000000 -0700
--- setup.py 2008-04-21 13:20:56.000000000 -0700
***************
*** 1052,1058 ****
exts.append( Extension('dl', ['dlmodule.c']) )
# Thomas Heller's _ctypes module
! self.detect_ctypes(inc_dirs, lib_dirs)
# Platform-specific libraries
if platform == 'linux2':
--- 1052,1059 ----
exts.append( Extension('dl', ['dlmodule.c']) )
# Thomas Heller's _ctypes module
! #self.detect_ctypes(inc_dirs, lib_dirs)
! # Removed for AIX as per Martin v. Lowis 4/21/08
# Platform-specific libraries
if platform == 'linux2':
EOF
./configure --enable-unicode=ucs2 --with-gcc\
--disable-ipv6 --prefix=$HOME
--end script--
make then compiles relatively cleanly. However, make test results in
this:
276 tests OK.
2 tests failed:
test_mmap test_wait4
44 tests skipped:
test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_bsddb test_bsddb185
[snip]
2 skips unexpected on aix5:
test_largefile test_ctypes
make: *** [test] Error 1
The concern of course is why mmap and wait4 failed. Earlier in the
make test output we see this for mmap:
test test_mmap crashed -- <type 'exceptions.EnvironmentError'>: [Errno
22] Invalid argument
and for wait4:
test test_wait4 failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Python-2.5.2/Lib/test/fork_wait.py", line 75, in test_wait
self.wait_impl(cpid)
File "Python-2.5.2/Lib/test/test_wait4.py", line 28, in wait_impl
self.assertEqual(spid, cpid)
AssertionError: 0 != 6840386
What do these failures indicate? Not sure of course, but will
research and report back.
Kind regards,
-Randy Galbraith
"We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life." - C3PO of Star
Wars
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