[Python-Dev] python build failed on mac

Hynek Schlawack hs at ox.cx
Sat Jan 21 19:57:23 CET 2012


Am Freitag, 20. Januar 2012 um 23:40 schrieb Vijay Majagaonkar:
> > > I am trying to build python 3 on mac and build failing with following error can somebody help me with this
> > 
> > It is a known bug that Apple's latest gcc-llvm (that comes with Xcode 4.1 by default as gcc) miscompiles Python: http://bugs.python.org/issue13241 
> > 
> > make clean
> > CC=clang ./configure && make -s
> 
> Thanks for the help, but above command need to run in different way
> 
> ./configure CC=clang
> make


I'm not sure why you think it "needs" to be that way, but it's fine by me as both ways work fine.

> this allowed me to build the code but when ran test I got following error message
> 
> [363/364/3] test_io
> python.exe(11411) malloc: *** mmap(size=9223372036854775808) failed (error code=12)
> *** error: can't allocate region
> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> python.exe(11411,0x7fff7a8ba960) malloc: *** mmap(size=9223372036854775808) failed (error code=12)
> *** error: can't allocate region
> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> python.exe(11411,0x7fff7a8ba960) malloc: *** mmap(size=9223372036854775808) failed (error code=12)
> *** error: can't allocate region
> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> 
> I am using Mac OS-X 10.7.2 and insatlled Xcode 4.2.1 

Please ensure there aren't any gcc-created objects left by running "make distclean" first.

-h


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