[SOLVED] Re: compiling Python 2.3.3 Solaris 9 x86 question

[Stefan]

More details: I found that using Sun's cc compiler will do the work 
without any problem. Make sure two things:


1. Make sure you are not using any libncurses library ...
For instance: SFWncur from companion CD

2. Install the 60day trial version of Sun's compiler or if you have 
already the Sun's compiler installed just use CC=cc instead of GCC.

Using this config it will do the trick. For some reasons
gcc and configure are not picking up the correct config !

regards,
stefan


> I had some python 2.3.3 build problems a while ago on a
> solaris 8 system. I ended up modifying setup.py to know about
> the "non-standard" paths where our stuff is installed, e.g. the
> detect_modules method:
> 
>    241      def detect_modules(self):
>    242          ### Ensure that /usr/local is always used
>    243          ##add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs,
> '/usr/local/lib')
>    244          ##add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs,
> '/usr/local/include')
>    245
>    246          # add_dir inserts as first list element, so /apps/prod
> should come last
>    247          add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs,
> '/apps/local/lib')
>    248          add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs,
> '/apps/local/include')
>    249          add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs,
> '/apps/prod/lib')
>    250          add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs,
> '/apps/prod/include')
>    251
>    252          # fink installs lots of goodies in /sw/... - make sure we
>    253          # check there
>    254          if sys.platform == "darwin":
>    255              add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/sw/lib')
>    256              add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs,
> '/sw/include')
>    257
>    258          ##??? Why would I want to set -I and -L paths for the
> destination dir?
>    259          ## (sys.prefix == --prefix=<installation PREFIX dir, given
> to configure>
>    260          ##if os.path.normpath(sys.prefix) != '/usr':
>    261          ##    add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs,
>    262          ##                    sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBDIR"))
>    263          ##    add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs,
>    264          ##
> sysconfig.get_config_var("INCLUDEDIR"))
>    265
> 
> and also some runtime lib paths:
> 
>   667          # Curses support, requring the System V version of curses,
> often
>    668          # provided by the ncurses library.
>    669          if platform == 'sunos4':
>    670              inc_dirs += ['/usr/5include']
>    671              lib_dirs += ['/usr/5lib']
>    672
>    673          if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncurses')):
>    674              curses_libs = ['ncurses']
>    675              exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],
>    676
> define_macros=[('HAVE_NCURSES_H', 1)],
>    677
> runtime_library_dirs=['/apps/prod/lib'],
>    678                                     libraries = curses_libs) )
> 
> Without the modifications, some of the extension modules (gdbm, curses,
> readline) would
> not build. Not exactly nice and portable, but I do not have the time right
> now.
> 
> 
>>Regarding this problem looks like 'configure' does not pickup
>>Solaris's curses library.
>>I had to manually pass to configure command libncurses library
>>
>>
>>LDFLAGS="-L/opt/sfw/lib -R/opt/sfw/lib -lncurses"
>>CPPFLAGS="-I/optsfw/include" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
>>--with-threads --enable-shared
>>
> 
> 
> Does this work for you when you finally run setup.py?
> 
> 
>>Does this mean that python needs libncurses and can not work with
>>Solaris curses library !?
> 
> 
> I´m afraid I have no clues. Where does the Solaris curses reside?
> 
> Bye,