[issue2552] test_ctypes failed Python 2.6a2 Solaris 10 SUN C
Jean Brouwers
report at bugs.python.org
Sat Apr 5 20:08:13 CEST 2008
Jean Brouwers <MrJean1 at Gmail.com> added the comment:
For ctypes to compile with the SUN's C compiler, there is quite a bit of
tricky asm code which needs to be ported (and tested). Most of that is
in libffi and that library is only supported with gcc, it seems. But
that is not mentioned explicitly anywhere either, see
<http://sources.redhat.com/libffi/>.
In any case, the _ctypes module does not compile with SUN C in the
current situation. And it is not obvious why. Making that clear with
some message that ctypes (rather _ctypes) requires gcc would help and
might be sufficient.
However, leaving the _ctypes module out altogether would be better. Just
like other modules which have environment-specific dependencies, for
example _tkinter. I'll take a look how that is handled.
/Jean
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