Thomas Heller schrieb: > I'd like to ask for help with an issue which I do not know > how to solve. > > Please see this bug http://python.org/sf/1563807 > "ctypes built with GCC on AIX 5.3 fails with ld ffi error" > > Apparently this is a powerpc machine, ctypes builds but cannot be imported > because of undefined symbols like 'ffi_call', 'ffi_prep_closure'. > > These symbols are defined in file > Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/powerpc/ffi_darwin.c. > The whole contents of this file is enclosed within a > > #ifdef __ppc__ > ... > #endif > > block. IIRC, this block has been added by Ronald for the > Mac universal build. Now, it seems that on the AIX machine > the __ppc__ symbols is not defined; removing the #ifdef/#endif > makes the built successful.
Of course, the simple solution would be to change it to: #ifndef __i386__ ... #endif Thomas _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
