pyexpat error

[Doug Stuart]

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"Martin v. Loewis" wrote:

> Doug Stuart <dstuart at orsys.com> writes:
>
> > I am attempting to compile python with the Expat library included.
> I am
> > running Solaris 7 and python 2.2.1.  Originally, I did the
> > 'configure-make dance' for python, then was told that I needed to
> add
> > the Expat library.  I did the 'configure-make dance' for Expat
> (version
> > 1.95.4).  I then went to redo my python doing a configure, make
> clean
> > and make.  During the build of the pyexpat extension I get an
> warning
> > from line 1518 of Modules/pyexpat.c saying that subscript has type
> > char.  It then removes the library because 'an error occurred."  In
> the
> > setup.py script there is a setting for the EXPAT_DIR.  I have tried
> > setting that to the directory where the Expat source files are
> located
> > and to the location of the library the Expat install creates.
> >
> > What am I missing here?
>
> Precise bug reporting. When it said 'an error occurred' - what
> precisely did it say?
>
> Could it be the case that you have compiled Expat as a shared library,
>
> and that your operating system won't find that shared library because
> the shared library is in /usr/local/lib? In that case, you need to set
>
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, or apply one of the other 4 strategies to make
> Solaris find shared libraries.
>
> Regards,
> Martin

I'm sorry but I am new to this sort of thing....here is the text of the
"error"...

building 'pyexpat' extension
/orion/pkg/Python-2.2.1/Modules/pyexpat.c: In function
`get_version_string':
/orion/pkg/Python-2.2.1/Modules/pyexpat.c:1518: warning: subscript has
type `char'
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DHAVE_EXPAT_H=1 -I.
-I/orion/pkg/Python-2.2.1/./Include -I/usr/local/include -IInclude/ -c
/orion/pkg/Pytho
n-2.2.1/Modules/pyexpat.c -o build/temp.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.2/pyexpat.o
gcc -shared build/temp.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.2/pyexpat.o -L/usr/local/lib
-lexpat
-o build/lib.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.2/pyexpat.so
WARNING: removing "pyexpat" since importing it failed

Where would I set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH? In my environment, the Setup
script or where?
And what are the 'other 4 strategies"?  If you could point me in the
right direction it would be
most appreciated.

TIA
Doug



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