[ python-Bugs-662840 ] configure script fails with wchat_t size.

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Bugs item #662840, was opened at 2003-01-05 14:03
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Category: Build
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nadav Horesh (nadavhoresh)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: configure script fails with wchat_t size. 

Initial Comment:
Python version 2.3a1
System RH 7.3
Compiler: gcc 3.2.1

The configure script bails out when trying to determain
the size of wchar_t. The configure runs OK with gcc 2.96.
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checking wchar.h usability... yes
checking wchar.h presence... yes
checking for wchar.h... yes
checking for wchar_t... yes
checking size of wchar_t... configure: error: cannot
compute sizeof (wchar_t), 77


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Comment By: Sakshale eQuorian (sakshale)
Date: 2005-01-11 16:16

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I am running into the same issue; Solaris 9 SPARC and
Python-2.4.tar.bz2

checking for wchar.h... yes
checking for wchar_t... yes
checking size of wchar_t... configure: error: cannot compute
sizeof (wchar_t), 77

I had --with-libs='/usr/local/ssl/lib/ as a configure option.

The error was; 
configure:18335: checking size of wchar_t
configure:18660: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c
/usr/local/ssl -lsocket -lnsl -lrt -ldl  >&5
ld: fatal: file /usr/local/ssl/lib/: unknown file type

Removing the --with-libs cured this problem


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Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2003-05-22 14:54

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Nadav, do you still have this problem with 2.3b1?  Is this a
duplicate as indicated in the comments?

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Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2003-02-01 17:45

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Seems to be a duplicate of 678723 (or at least related, both
are redhat 7.3).


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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-01-06 14:01

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I see. The problem lies in these lines

configure:15806: ./conftest
./configure: line 1:  6876 Segmentation fault     
./conftest$ac_exeext

Now, it is not clear why the test program (printed below
these lines) could possible cause a segmentation fault -
unless there is a bug in the compiler. So I would conclude
this to be a gcc bug, on this configuration.

It would be possible to track this further down, but that
would require access to the machine, using a debugger, etc.

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Comment By: Nadav Horesh (nadavhoresh)
Date: 2003-01-06 12:02

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Further info:
On the same system (RH7.3+gcc3.2.1+PIII) I compliled python
2.2.2 without any problems. On another system: RH8.0 +
gcc3.2.1 + dual PIII --- the configure script concluded
without errors. I didn't try to compile though.

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-01-05 15:12

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Can you please attach the resulting config.log?

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