[Python-Dev] Python build trouble with the new gcc/binutils

[Zack Weinberg]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 02:15:36PM -0400, Andrew Koenig wrote:
> Zack> This will obviously not get you an installable build, but it
> Zack> will let us narrow down the problem a bit.
> 
> I've narrowed it down somewhat.
> 
> Apparently what happens is that setup.py successfully installs the
> "struct" extension (or so it thinks), then crashes when it is trying
> to import it.  After it has done so, I can duplicate the crash by
> executing ./python and then typing
> 
> 	  import struct
> 
> so I don't have to run setup.py at all to cause the crash at that
> point.
> 
> I'm trying to rebuild without dynamic loading now, to see what happens.

Another thing to try is gcc 3.2 with the Sun assembler and linker.  It
could be that 3.2 triggers a bug in all extant versions of GNU ld on
Solaris.

zw