[Python-Dev] Config problems in 2.1 for Digital Unix

[Cameron Laird]

	From fredrik@pythonware.com  Fri Apr  6 01:53:58 2001
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	> Host:  Digital Unix V4.0 (also Tru64 Unix 4.0G, also OSF1).
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	> Successful installation requires
	>   ./configure --with-cxx=gcc
	>   sed -e "s/-O -Olimit 1500/-O/" Makefile > /tmp/Makefile
	>   mv /tmp/Makefile Makefile

	umm.  isn't there an -Olimit test in the configure script?

	did you run configure with "cc" first, and forgot to remove the
	cache files?
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Yes.  No.
  make distclean
  configure
  make
gives
  ...
  gcc -c -O -Olimit 1500 -I. -I./Include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -o Modules/ccpython.o ./Modules/ccpython.cc
  gcc: 1500: No such file or directory
  cc1plus: Invalid option `-Olimit'
  make: *** [Modules/ccpython.o] Error 1   

Should I track this down, or do we have a specialist
on-hand in autoconfig?  I find it like sendmail.cf; I
can read and write, but never understand the *meaning*
of what others have done, just its syntax.  So, yes, I
can see the -Olimit test in configure.in, but it's
likely to take me a while to figure out what's wrong
with it.