no thread module in AIX?

[Michael P. Reilly]

Mike Cat <mike.cat at magnet.at> wrote:
: In article <37D105C4.C188D444 at inrialpes.fr>, 
: Vladimir.Marangozov at inrialpes.fr says...
:> Mike Cat wrote:
:> > 
:> > Hi there!
:> > 
:> > I have installed 1.5.2 on AIX and can't find the thread module...
:> > Why that?
:> > 
:> > Mike
:> 
:> 1. Make sure you ./configure --with-threads before installing it.
:> 2. Also, if you're using IBM's cc(xlc) compiler, make sure you
:>    "make CC=cc_r(xlc_r)" which will link your binary with the reentrant
:>    version of the C library (libc_r.a) automatically.
:>    If you're using gcc, you'll have to check that the link is done with
:>    IBM's linker. See Misc/AIX-NOTES for more details.
:> 
:> If you still have a problem, please be more specific about it.
:> (AIX version, compiler, the error(s) you get, when/where (at compile
:> time, on import thread in Python) etc.).
:> 
:> 
:> 
: Thanks!

: I think point 1 will meet my requirements.
: But if I will have more troubles, I will try to be more precisely :-)

Mike, you will also need point 2, Python will immediate crash without
compiling with a reentrant compiler.  And it is likely that you will
need the suggested "-qmaxmem=4000" (or a higher number).

  -Arcege