[issue3167] math test fails on Solaris 10

Mark Dickinson report at bugs.python.org
Sat Jun 28 19:00:50 CEST 2008


Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

> Keep in mind also, these Python builds are compiled with the SUN 
> compilers, i.e. the ./configure command line includes  --without-gcc.  
> If we do change the CC- and LINKFLAGS, those changes should only apply 
> in that particular case.

Right.  That's the purpose of the 'if's and 'case' tests in the 
configure patch.  The test "$CC"=cc should exclude these changes from 
being applied when the C compiler is gcc.

Do you happen to know which versions of Solaris support the -xlibmieee 
flag?  Is it new in Solaris 10?

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