I'm investigating the possible use of Mecurial SCM as a replacement
for CVS. Mecurial is written in Python. I have a background in GNU/
Linux, Solaris, sparc and Perl. However AIX, powerpc and Python are
new to me.
--uname output--
$ uname -rvp
2 5 powerpc
--end uname output--
I used this script to compile Python:
--script--
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/vacpp/bin
export CC=xlC_r
export OBJECT_MODE=32
gunzip -c Python-2.5.2.tar.gz | tar xvf -
cd Python-2.5.2
./configure --with-gcc="xlc_r" --with-cxx="xlC_r" \
--disable-ipv6 AR="ar" --prefix=$HOME
make
--end script--
My concern is when I run make test I get this output:
--make test output--
275 tests OK.
2 tests failed:
test_mmap test_wait4
45 tests skipped:
test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_bsddb test_bsddb185
test_bsddb3 test_bz2 test_cd test_cl test_codecmaps_cn
test_codecmaps_hk test_codecmaps_jp test_codecmaps_kr
test_codecmaps_tw test_ctypes test_curses test_dl test_gdbm
test_gl test_gzip test_imgfile test_largefile test_linuxaudiodev
test_macfs test_macostools test_nis test_normalization
test_ossaudiodev test_pep277 test_plistlib test_scriptpackages
test_socket_ssl test_socketserver test_sqlite test_startfile
test_sunaudiodev test_tcl test_timeout test_urllib2net
test_urllibnet test_winreg test_winsound test_zipfile64
test_zipimport test_zlib
2 skips unexpected on aix5:
test_largefile test_ctypes
make: *** [test] Error 1
--end make test output--
My question are:
(a) Have you successfully compiled Python 2.5.2 on AIX 5.2? If so,
which options did you place in the environment and send to ./
configure?
(b) Given the choice between xlc and gcc 4.2.2 (which we have on the
platform) which one is considered more suitable?
(c) I am concerned about the two failing test cases: test_mmap and
test_wait4. Are there good reasons why these failures can be safely
ignored?
(d) Should I be concerned with the skips of test_largefile and
test_ctypes?
Much thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
-Randy Galbraith
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