Building Python on Cray T3E

[Skip Montanaro]

    Mark>   CC-147 cc: ERROR File = ./Modules/_sre.c, Line = 1791
    Mark>     Declaration is incompatible with "int join(char *, char *)"
    Mark>    (declared at line 300 of "/usr/include/unistd.h").

    Mark>       join(PyObject* list, PyObject* pattern)

Looks like _sre.c defines a static function named "join" that conflicts with
something in the Cray's standard library.  Try applying this patch.  It
should get you past this particular problem.

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*** /home/skip/tmp/_sre.c.~2.79~        Thu May  9 23:50:23 2002
--- /home/skip/tmp/_sre.c       Thu May  9 23:50:23 2002
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*** 1788,1794 ****
  #endif
  
  static PyObject*
! join(PyObject* list, PyObject* pattern)
  {
      /* join list elements */
  
--- 1788,1794 ----
  #endif
  
  static PyObject*
! join_list(PyObject* list, PyObject* pattern)
  {
      /* join list elements */
  
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*** 2241,2247 ****
      Py_DECREF(filter);
  
      /* convert list to single string (also removes list) */
!     item = join(list, self->pattern);
  
      if (!item)
          return NULL;
--- 2241,2247 ----
      Py_DECREF(filter);
  
      /* convert list to single string (also removes list) */
!     item = join_list(list, self->pattern);
  
      if (!item)
          return NULL;