[New-bugs-announce] [issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

Michael Felt report at bugs.python.org
Tue Mar 1 10:08:22 EST 2016


New submission from Michael Felt:

Finally noticed the new release, unfortunately it fails to build.

All proceeds normally until...

tail .buildaix/make.out
ar rc libpython2.7.a Parser/acceler.o Parser/grammar1.o Parser/listnode.o Parser/node.o Parser/parser.o Parser/parsetok.o Parser/bitset.o Parser/metagrammar.o Parser/firstsets.o Parser/grammar.o Parser/pgen.o Parser/myreadline.o Parser/tokenizer.o
ar rc libpython2.7.a Objects/abstract.o Objects/boolobject.o Objects/bufferobject.o Objects/bytes_methods.o Objects/bytearrayobject.o Objects/capsule.o Objects/cellobject.o Objects/classobject.o Objects/cobject.o Objects/codeobject.o Objects/complexobject.o Objects/descrobject.o Objects/enumobject.o Objects/exceptions.o Objects/genobject.o Objects/fileobject.o Objects/floatobject.o Objects/frameobject.o Objects/funcobject.o Objects/intobject.o Objects/iterobject.o Objects/listobject.o Objects/longobject.o Objects/dictobject.o Objects/memoryobject.o Objects/methodobject.o Objects/moduleobject.o Objects/object.o Objects/obmalloc.o Objects/rangeobject.o Objects/setobject.o Objects/sliceobject.o Objects/stringobject.o Objects/structseq.o Objects/tupleobject.o Objects/typeobject.o Objects/weakrefobject.o Objects/unicodeobject.o Objects/unicodectype.o
ar rc libpython2.7.a Python/_warnings.o Python/Python-ast.o Python/asdl.o Python/ast.o Python/bltinmodule.o Python/ceval.o Python/compile.o Python/codecs.o Python/errors.o Python/frozen.o Python/frozenmain.o Python/future.o Python/getargs.o Python/getcompiler.o Python/getcopyright.o Python/getplatform.o Python/getversion.o Python/graminit.o Python/import.o Python/importdl.o Python/marshal.o Python/modsupport.o Python/mystrtoul.o Python/mysnprintf.o Python/peephole.o Python/pyarena.o Python/pyctype.o Python/pyfpe.o Python/pymath.o Python/pystate.o Python/pythonrun.o Python/random.o Python/structmember.o Python/symtable.o Python/sysmodule.o Python/traceback.o Python/getopt.o Python/pystrcmp.o Python/pystrtod.o Python/dtoa.o Python/formatter_unicode.o Python/formatter_string.o Python/dynload_shlib.o   Python/thread.o
ar rc libpython2.7.a Modules/config.o Modules/getpath.o Modules/main.o Modules/gcmodule.o 
ar rc libpython2.7.a Modules/threadmodule.o  Modules/signalmodule.o  Modules/posixmodule.o  Modules/errnomodule.o  Modules/pwdmodule.o  Modules/_sre.o  Modules/_codecsmodule.o  Modules/_weakref.o  Modules/zipimport.o  Modules/symtablemodule.o  Modules/xxsubtype.o
ranlib libpython2.7.a
./Modules/makexp_aix Modules/python.exp . libpython2.7.a;  xlc  -Wl,-bE:Modules/python.exp -lld -o python \
                Modules/python.o \
                libpython2.7.a -ldl  -lpthread   -lm  
Makefile:485: recipe for target 'python' failed

more details...

michael at x071:[/data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11]make
./Modules/makexp_aix Modules/python.exp . libpython2.7.a;  xlc  -Wl,-bE:Modules/python.exp -lld -o python \
                Modules/python.o \
                libpython2.7.a -ldl  -lpthread   -lm  
ld: 0711-596 SEVERE ERROR: Object libpython2.7.a[ceval.o]
        An RLD for section 2 (.data) refers to symbol 0,
        but the storage class of the symbol is not C_EXT or C_HIDEXT.
ld: 0711-596 SEVERE ERROR: Object libpython2.7.a[ceval.o]
        An RLD for section 2 (.data) refers to symbol 0,
        but the storage class of the symbol is not C_EXT or C_HIDEXT.

This is, best guess, an error for 125 symbols...

michael at x071:[/data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11]nohup make | egrep "^ld" | wc -l

Obviously, if the ceval.o member is removed it cannot complete - BUT - I hope it provides sufficient info that someone may know what I should try next.

michael at x071:[/data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11]ar d libpython2.7.a ceval.o
michael at x071:[/data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11]make V=1
./Modules/makexp_aix Modules/python.exp . libpython2.7.a;  xlc  -Wl,-bE:Modules/python.exp -lld -o python \
                Modules/python.o \
                libpython2.7.a -ldl  -lpthread   -lm  
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: ._PyEval_SliceIndex
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_SaveThread
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_RestoreThread
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: _PyEval_SliceIndex
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: _Py_CheckRecursionLimit
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: ._Py_CheckRecursiveCall
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_GetFuncName
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_GetFuncDesc
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_GetRestricted
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_GetGlobals
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: _Py_Ticker
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: _Py_CheckInterval
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: PyEval_GetCallStats
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_ReleaseLock
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_InitThreads
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_AcquireThread
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_EvalCode
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_GetBuiltins
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: ._PyEval_CallTracing
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .Py_GetRecursionLimit
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .Py_SetRecursionLimit
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_SetProfile
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_SetTrace
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .Py_FlushLine
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .Py_AddPendingCall
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_ReInitThreads
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_GetFrame
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_EvalCodeEx
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_GetLocals
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_MergeCompilerFlags
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .PyEval_EvalFrameEx
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .Py_MakePendingCalls
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.
make: *** [python] Error 8

michael at x071:[/data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11]./Modules/makexp_aix Modules/ceval.exp . Python/ceval.o
michael at x071:[/data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11]more Modules/ceval.exp
#!.
*
* Generated automatically by makexp_aix  (Tue Mar  1 14:52:11 UTC 2016)
*
* Base Directory: /data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11
* Input File(s) : Python/ceval.o
*
* NOTE: lists _all_ global symbols defined in the above file(s).
*
PyEval_AcquireLock
PyEval_AcquireThread
PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords
PyEval_EvalCode
PyEval_EvalCodeEx
PyEval_EvalFrame
PyEval_EvalFrameEx
PyEval_GetBuiltins
PyEval_GetCallStats
PyEval_GetFrame
PyEval_GetFuncDesc
PyEval_GetFuncName
PyEval_GetGlobals
PyEval_GetLocals
PyEval_GetRestricted
PyEval_InitThreads
PyEval_MergeCompilerFlags
PyEval_ReInitThreads
PyEval_ReleaseLock
PyEval_ReleaseThread
PyEval_RestoreThread
PyEval_SaveThread
PyEval_SetProfile
PyEval_SetTrace
PyEval_ThreadsInitialized
Py_AddPendingCall
Py_FlushLine
Py_GetRecursionLimit
Py_MakePendingCalls
Py_SetRecursionLimit
_PyEval_CallTracing
_PyEval_SliceIndex
_Py_CheckInterval
_Py_CheckRecursionLimit
_Py_CheckRecursiveCall
_Py_Ticker


FYI: this may be related to an issue with the assembler not doing the right thing after the changes between. HOWEVER, besides an older AIX 5.3 system that might have had a bad 'as', I get the same error on AIX 6.1 TL5.

>From the APAR description - mine is fixed:
The broken assembler is distributed in all latest service packs of all - as of July 21st, 2011 - supported AIX versions: 
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ98134

So, while a bug is always a possibility - this OLD one is not likely.
michael at x071:[/data/prj/aixtools/python/python-2.7.11]oslevel -s
6100-09-04-1441

Instead, I am thinking that I will try being more specicif with the machine (processor) definition, e.g. power5 rather than common.

Suggestions welcome!

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components: Build
messages: 261053
nosy: Michael.Felt
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX
versions: Python 2.7

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