[Python-Dev] Compiling 2.5.1 under Studio 11

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> I am having a couple of issues compiling Python 2.5.1 under Sun Solaris
> Studio 11 on Solaris 8.
> 
> Everything compiles correctly except the _ctypes module because it
> cannot use the libffi that comes with Python and it does not exist on
> the system.
> 
> Has anyone gotten it to compile correctly using Studio 11? 

This is not a question for python-dev; please ask it on comp.lang.python.

In any case, what processor are you using? I have compiled
Python successfully with Sun C 5.8.

> Also, during the pyexpat tests, Python generates a segfault.
> 
> Are there any patches to fix these?

Without knowing what precisely the problem is, it is difficult
to say whether it has been fixed.

Regards,
Martin