Python 2.2 install on Sun5.6

[Dieter Maurer]

tankgirl at coranthia.org (Laina) writes on 15 Jan 2002 10:48:17 -0800:
> I have downloaded Python 2.2, and I am in the process of trying to
> install it on a Sparc machine running SunOS 5.6.  I had previously
> downloaded and installed the gcc binary, version 2.95.3....
> ...
> gcc -shared build/temp.solaris-2.6-sun4u-2.2/structmodule.o
> -L/export/home/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/2.95.3
> -L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.solaris-2.6-sun4u-2.2/struct.so
> Segmentation Fault - core dumped
> make: *** [sharedmods] Error 139
Looks like a bug in "gcc" or the linker.

Run

     gcc -v -shared ....

manually. It will tell you precisely what programms are called
and you can see which program coredumps. This may give a hint
how to work around the problem.


Dieter