[issue5718] Problem compiling ffi part of build on AIX 5.3.

Stefan Krah added the comment: Thanks, David. If this is fixed in 2.7 we can close the issue. -- nosy: +skrah resolution: -> out of date stage: needs patch -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue5718] Problem compiling ffi part of build on AIX 5.3.

David Edelsohn added the comment: ffi_closure_helper_DARWIN should have been declared "extern" in the assembly file. This has been fixed in more recent versions of libffi and imported into more recent versions of CPython, including 2.7. .extern .ffi_closure_helper_DARWIN Is it worth updating

[issue5718] Problem compiling ffi part of build on AIX 5.3.

Mark Lawrence added the comment: @David what is your opinion on this issue? -- nosy: +David.Edelsohn ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-

[issue5718] Problem compiling ffi part of build on AIX 5.3.

Mark Lawrence added the comment: As we're now on 3.5, AIX is up to 7.1 and there's no patch can we close this one as out of date? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue5718] Problem compiling ffi part of build on AIX 5.3.

Changes by Meador Inge : -- assignee: theller -> nosy: -theller priority: normal -> low stage: -> needs patch ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue5718] Problem compiling ffi part of build on AIX 5.3.

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[issue5718] Problem compiling ffi part of build on AIX 5.3.

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Can you provide a patch? If not, chances are high that no action is taken. -- nosy: +loewis ___ Python tracker ___

[issue5718] Problem compiling ffi part of build on AIX 5.3.

New submission from David Byrne : I am using AIX 5.3 xlc 9.0. I am unable to get the libffi section to build. It also happens with the separate libffi code, so I will try to report there as well. I get the following: cc_r -qlanglvl=extc89 -DNDEBUG -O -I. -I/appl/bwc/src/Python-2.6.1/./Include