[New-bugs-announce] [issue3246] configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: present but cannot be compiled

[ric]

New submission from ric <rrochele at calix.com>:

Building Python 2.5.2 on Solaris9, receive error:

checking sys/socket.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h:     check for missing prerequisite
headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: see the Autoconf documentation
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be
Compiled"
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: in the future, the compiler will take
precedence
configure: WARNING:     ##
------------------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to
http://www.python.org/python-bugs ##
configure: WARNING:     ##
------------------------------------------------ ##
checking for sys/socket.h... yes

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components: Build
messages: 69017
nosy: rrochele
severity: normal
status: open
title: configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: present but cannot be compiled
type: compile error
versions: Python 2.5

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