Building Python on Cray T3E

[Kalle Svensson]

[Michael Hudson]
> "Mark Hadfield" <m.hadfield at niwa.co.nz> writes:
...
> >   - The Cray compiler does not support dynamic linking, so extensions
> >   must be explicitly listed in Modules/Setup. Here is the list of
> >   extensions I have built & linked successfully:
...

Good to have, thanks.  I'll check my Modules/Setup, I had some linking
problems.

> That's a fairly impressive list.

Indeed.  Much better than I expected from UNICOS.

> Did the unicodedata module fail to build, or did you not try it?

It failed for me.  I'll check out why.

...
> Yeah, the md5 code that comes with Python is fairly 32 bit specific.
> However, if you can find some md5-for-cray code in the wild, it's
> probably not too much effort to hook it up to Python.

I'll put this on my TODO as well.  With an exam period coming up, I
should have some free time. <wink>

Med utmärkt högaktning,
  Kalle
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