[Python-Dev] Where is this flag coming from?
Barry A. Warsaw
barry@python.org
Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:30:35 -0400
>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:
GvR> Maybe we should be more conservative and add this option only
GvR> for Solaris?
That was one suggestion I made when we talked about it last. Sounds
like it's probably the right approach to whitelist the platforms we
know are broken without it. I'm running a test on SF's compile farm
Solaris machine now.
GvR> How does one detect Solaris in setup.py? How about this
GvR> patch (on top of the above one, not replacing it)?
That's what I'm trying.
GvR> I hope that Skip/Barry can test this on MacOS X and Martin on
GvR> Solaris!
I'll try OSX momentarily.
GvR> Note: the 2.3 setup.py contains other uses of
GvR> runtime_library_dirs, which probably need to be treated the
GvR> same way.
But maybe not. If you install any modern BerkeleyDB from source it
always sticks it in a non-standard location. Hmm, maybe a blacklist
is more useful for this one? Jeez this stuff sucks.
GvR> Skip, can you cook up patches there? (The 2.2.2
GvR> fix for ssl also needs to be forward-ported!)
Right, sorry, I'll do that if Guido's changes pans out for Solaris,
Linux, and OSX.
(Side note: I think I will have a few more minor patches for the email
package, which I'll try to get into 2.2.2 tonight, if my cold will lay
low for a few hours.)
-Barry