[Python-Dev] RE: RELEASED: Python 2.2.1c2

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Martin,

> > > Note for AIX users: there are still problems with AIX in this
> > > release, and there has not been time to repair them without fear
> > > of breaking platforms that currently work.  Hopefully by the time
> > > of the release of 2.2.1 final we will be able to provide a recipe
> > > that allows AIX users to build and run Python.  [...]
> > 
> > Hmm, can someone shed more light on this issue?
> 
> I think this is a red herring: Some user, for some reason, does not
> have cc_r. According to a number of other AIX users, cc_r should
> always be available, so it appears to be an installation bug of the
> AIX system in question. I don't think it deserves fixing.

That `some user' is me.  Can you tell me what version of AIX those
users who say it should always be available are referring to?  As the
bug report says, AIX 3.2.5 is what I'm using and cc_r doesn't exist.
It isn't a requirement to install it at the same time as cc.

Perl has always built happily on AIX 3.2.5 in my experience and given
all Python has to do is search through the list [cc_r cc] for the first
one it finds when the OS is AIX I don't see the big deal.  Escpecially
since it already has a `when OS is AIX do a bodge' statement.

I'll add more to the bug report shortly when I've time.


Ralph.