[Python-Dev] Re: configure problems porting to Tru64
Neal Norwitz
neal@metaslash.com
Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:42:58 -0400
"Martin v. Loewis" wrote:
>
> jeremy@alum.mit.edu (Jeremy Hylton) writes:
>
> > It looks like Tru64 doesn't have a makedev(). You added the patch
> > that included this a while back. Do you have any idea what we should
> > do on Tru64?
>
> Neal says you need to define _OSF_SOURCE, but it would better if we
> could do without. If not, we should both define _OSF_SOURCE (perhaps
> only on OSF), and add an autoconf test for makedev.
I agree with Martin. It would be best to only define _OSF_SOURCE
if absolutely necessary and use autoconf.
Neal