[Python-Dev] Multiprocessing on Solaris

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> Sorry, I mistakenly said "without issue" and then copied the issues
> below. I meant to say "not without issues." _multiprocessing does *not*
> build on Solaris 8.

Hmm. They are all warnings - did you omit the actual error message?

The lack of CMSG_LEN seems to suggest that control messages are not
supported on Solaris 8, or that you need to include an additional
header file to get them.

> Is Solaris 8 really a supported platform? If so, I can investigate the
> changes he suggested.

The concept of "supported platform" doesn't really exist - there is no
way to obtain "support". If it works, it works, if it doesn't, it
doesn't. So if you want it fixed, provide a patch - else we can drop
the issue.

I think multiprocessing is misguided in hard-coding these settings
into setup.py. As we can see, the necessary features are available
on some versions of Solaris, but not on others. It would be better
if autoconf tests were written, and the entire configuration removed
from setup.py.

Regards,
Martin