[Patches] [ python-Patches-768840 ] IRIX libmpc patch

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Patches item #768840, was opened at 2003-07-10 03:43
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Category: Build
Group: Python 2.2.x
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Michael Pruett (mpruett)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: IRIX libmpc patch

Initial Comment:
It is not necessary to link with -lmpc to get native
threads on IRIX. I do not recall a time when this
library was needed, but it was certainly prior to the
release of IRIX 6.5 (in 1998). I propose removing
references to this library, as is done in the following
patch against Python 2.2.3.

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-07-10 23:14

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According to PEP 11, only Irix 4 support will get dropped,
and only in Python 2.4. So Irix 5 is still supposed to work,
and this patch is unacceptable unless there is confirmation
that the patch does work on Irix 5.

Of course, we can deprecate Irix 5 and mpc support now, i.e.
give a warning in Python 2.4, and remove the code in Python
2.5. Then we would need to make sure whether all Irix 6
releases work with this patch.

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