Building Python 2.3 on HP-UX 10.20 - pthread failure

[Dan Cescato]

Anthony Baxter <anthony at interlink.com.au> wrote in message news:<mailman.1065226868.12165.python-list at python.org>...
> >>> Dan Cescato wrote
> > Actually, what sets PY PTHREAD D4 is a combination of the existence of
> >   hpux and  DECTHREADS  (defined in cma.h).  Based on what I see in
> > the PEP doc, I assume the code to support this is still in Python
> > 2.3.1.  I was planning to comment out the #error that brings the show
> > to a halt, and get on with life.  As far as volunteering, let me talk
> > to the boss about this.  (BTW, the response I was really hoping for
> > was "Just apply HP patch XXXX, and you'll be fine.  Oh well...)
> 
> It's a big patch <wink>, but the patch called "HP/UX 11.11" builds 
> 
> clean, out of the box, on HP/UX. (Note, though, that if you're on
> Itanium, you'll need to build without optimisation - the HP compiler
> screws up the executable in a rather spectacular fashion).
> 
> I've been using HP's "test drive" systems for this - they don't appear
> to have a HP/UX 10 system there, so I'm afraid I can't offer more
> specific help.

The bummer is that I work for a small software company, and some
customers are still on these creaky old systems.  What we won't do for
a customer whose check clears the bank...