freeBSD 2.1.1 extension problem

[Alex Martelli]

"Robin Becker" <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:+UeuyXAErgi7Ewiy at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk...
> Whilst trying to recompile an extension with freeBSD 4.2 + Python-2.1.1
> I'm getting the following error.
>
> /usr/local/include/python2.1/unicodeobject.h:91: wchar.h: No such file
> or directory
>
> This extension compiled OK with Python-2.1. So must I upgrade my OS or
> is this a buglet of some kind?

I think the ISO standard for the C language mandates the
existence (includability, actually) of wchar.h, and Python
now requires a standard-compliant C compiler, so it doesn't
seem like a buglet to me that the installation isn't
checking for wchar.h's existence.  If your C compiler for
FreeBSD doesn't have a wchar.h in a standard include
directory, and you can upgrade to one that does, this
might indeed help.


Alex