[Python-Dev] Multiprocessing on Solaris

[Jesse Noller]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis schrieb:
>>> Today I was in contact with a Python user who tried to compile
>>> pyprocessing - the ancestor of multiprocessing - on Solaris. It failed
>>> to run because Solaris is missing two features (HAVE_FD_TRANSFER and
>>> HAVE_SEM_TIMEDWAIT). Does anybody have a Solaris box at his disposal to
>>> test the settings? Neither Python 2.6 nor my backup have the correct
>>> settings for Solaris.
>>
>> I don't quite understand what it is that you want tested - what
>> "settings"?
>>
>> Most likely, the answer is yes, I can test stuff on Solaris (both SPARC
>> and x86/amd64).
>
> According to the user's experience multiprocessing should not compile
> and run correctly unless this patch is applied. I'm not sure if the
> value "solaris" for platform is correct. You may also need to change
> libraries to ['rt'].
>
>
> Index: setup.py
> ===================================================================
> --- setup.py    (revision 70478)
> +++ setup.py    (working copy)
> @@ -1280,6 +1280,14 @@
>                 )
>             libraries = []
>
> +        elif platform == 'solaris':
> +            macros = dict(
> +                HAVE_SEM_OPEN=1,
> +                HAVE_SEM_TIMEDWAIT=0,
> +                HAVE_FD_TRANSFER=0,
> +                )
> +            libraries = []
> +
>         else:                                   # Linux and other unices
>             macros = dict(
>                 HAVE_SEM_OPEN=1,

If this should be addressed in trunk/3k, we need to track this in the
tracker in the bug I cited in the other email. I can't speak for the
original pyprocessing code.

-jesse