unable to compile Python 2.6.4 on AIX using gcc

[Mark Dickinson]

On Nov 3, 10:40 pm, chuck <NOSPAM_chuckwhi... at charter.net> wrote:
> Hello -- I am trying to compile Python 2.6.4 on a Power 5 PC with AIX
> 5.3.  Here are the settings:
>
> export OBJECT_MODE=64
> export AR="ar -X64"
> export MAKE=/usr/bin/gmake
> export CC="gcc"
> export CFLAGS="-maix64 -O2 -g -mcpu=power5"
> export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64 -L/opt/freeware/lib64
> -L/opt/freeware/64/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/opt/freeware/lib"
> export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/freeware/include -I/usr/lpp/X11/include/X11"
> ../Python-2.6.4/configure --with-gcc --disable-ipv6
> --prefix=/usr/local/Python-2.6.4 > config_264.log 2>&1
> make > make_264.log 2>&1
>
> make fails very early with the following error
>
> ===========
>
>          gcc -pthread -c -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O3 -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes  -I. -IInclude -I../Python-2.6.4/Includ
> e -I/opt/freeware/include -I/usr/lpp/X11/include/X11  -DPy_BUILD_CORE -o
> Modules/python.o ../Python-2.6.4/Modules/python.c
> In file included from ../Python-2.6.4/Include/Python.h:58,
>                   from ../Python-2.6.4/Modules/python.c:3:
> ../Python-2.6.4/Include/pyport.h:685:2: error: #error "LONG_BIT
> definition appears wrong for platform (bad gcc/glibc config
> ?)."
> make: The error code from the last command is 1.
> ===========
>
> I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

Take a look at:

http://bugs.python.org/issue1628484

Mark