Help Compiling 64bit Python

[Martin v. Löwis]

John Abel <john.abel at pa.press.net> writes:

> >>c++   -o python \
> >>                Modules/python.o \
> >>                libpython2.3.a -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lrt -ldl
> >>-lpthread   -lm
[...]
> I seem to be missing something really obvious here.  I've modified the
> Makefile so it looks like this:
> 
> CONFIG_ARGS=     'CC=gcc -mcpu=v9 -m64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1'
> 'LDFLAGS=-mcpu=v9 -m64'
> 
> ran the make, and it still comes up with the same error.  I've even
> tried running it with LDFLAGS=-64, with the same result.

The really obvious thing you are missing is that "c++" is used to link
python, so setting "CC" has no effect.

I really encourage you to read the Makefile.

Regards,
Martin