[Python-Dev] failure: 2.1a2 on HP-UX with native compiler

[Charles G Waldman]

Allow me to start off with a personal note.  I am no longer @fnal.gov,
I have a new job which is very interesting and challenging but not
particularly Python-related - [my new employer is geodesic.com]

I will have much less time to devote to Python from now on, but I'm
still interested, and since I have access to a lot of unusual hardware
at my new job (Linux/360 anybody?) I am going to try to download and
test alphas and betas as much as time permits.

Along these lines, I tried building the 2.1a2 version on an SMP HP
box:

otto:Python-2.1a2$ uname -a
HP-UX otto B.11.00 U 9000/800 137901547 unlimited-user license

this box has both gcc and the native compiler installed, but not g++.

I tried to configure with the command:

otto:Python-2.1a2$ ./configure --without-gcc
creating cache ./config.cache
checking MACHDEP... hp-uxB
checking for --without-gcc... yes
checking for --with-cxx=<compiler>... no
checking for c++... no
checking for g++... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables.


Seems like the "--without-gcc" flag is being completely ignored!

I'll try to track this down as time permits.