Compiling Python 2.0 in DEC Alpha?

[Pekko Piirola]

I'm trying to compile python-2.0 in DEC Alpha, which is running
Digital UNIX V4.0F (Rev. 1229).  After reading the README and the man
page of cc I figured out the commands I need to build the interpreter:
(I have already edited the Modules/Setup)


CC=cc OPT='-std -arch host -fast -D_REENTRANT -pthread' \
LDFLAGS='-pthread -lpthread -lmach -lexc -lc' \
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/contrib --with-dec-threads


make CC=cc OPT='-std -arch host -fast -D_REENTRANT -pthread' \
LDFLAGS='-pthread -lpthread -lmach -lexc -lc' 2>&1 | tee make.output-1


./configure runs nicely but make stops with the following error message:

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make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/ppiirola/Python-2.0/Modules'
rm -f hassignal
for i in threadmodule.o  gcmodule.o  bsddbmodule.o  regexmodule.o regexpr.o \
  pcremodule.o pypcre.o  posixmodule.o  signalmodule.o  _sre.o \ 
  arraymodule.o  cmathmodule.o  mathmodule.o  stropmodule.o  structmodule.o \
  timemodule.o  operator.o  _codecsmodule.o  unicodedata.o unicodedatabase.o \
  ucnhash.o  _localemodule.o fcntlmodule.o  pwdmodule.o  grpmodule.o \
  errnomodule.o  selectmodule.o  socketmodule.o  mmapmodule.o  md5module.o \
  md5c.o  shamodule.o  rotormodule.o  newmodule.o  binascii.o  parsermodule.o \
  cStringIO.o  cPickle.o config.o getpath.o main.o getbuildinfo.o; do \
            if test "$i" = "signalmodule.o"; then \
               echo yes >hassignal; break; \
            fi; \
        done
make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/ppiirola/Python-2.0/Modules'
cd Parser ; make OPT="-std -arch host -fast -D_REENTRANT -pthread" \
  VERSION="2.0" prefix="/usr/local/contrib" exec_prefix="/usr/local/contrib" \
  all
make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/ppiirola/Python-2.0/Parser'
cc -std -arch host -fast -D_REENTRANT -pthread -I./../Include -I.. \
  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -c -o pgenmain.o pgenmain.c
cc: Error: ./../Include/pyport.h, line 390: #error \
  "LONG_BIT definition appears wrong for platform (bad gcc config?)." \
  (errormessage)
#error "LONG_BIT definition appears wrong for platform (bad gcc config?)."
-^
make[1]: *** [pgenmain.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/ppiirola/Python-2.0/Parser'
make: *** [Parser] Error 2
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Does anyone have an idea what's going wrong or, better yet, how to
compile Python succesfully?  Is there a bug in the source or in my
setup?

The compiler I'm using is DEC C V5.9-008 on Digital UNIX V4.0
(Rev. 1229), the make is GNU make 3.79.1 and the source is
downloaded straight from Python's server.


-- 
Pekko