Python 2.2.1 Build Trouble

[Michael Hudson]

"Peter Chiu" <P.Chiu at rl.ac.uk> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I tried to build python-2.2.1 on an AlphaServer running Tru64 Unix 5.1a.

Hmm, I thought that worked.

> The .configure process went through okay, but make failed with error:
> 
> gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include -DHAVE_CONFIG_
> H -c ./Modules/posixmodule.c -o Modules/posixmodule.o
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c: In function `posix_stat':
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c:1310: `stat' undeclared (first use in this function)
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c:1310: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
> once
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c:1310: for each function it appears in.)
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c: In function `posix_plock':
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c:2227: warning: implicit declaration of function
> `plock'
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c: In function `posix_lstat':
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c:3380: `lstat' undeclared (first use in this function)
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c: In function `posix_unsetenv':
> 
> Modules/posixmodule.c:4118: warning: implicit declaration of function
> `unsetenv'
> 
> make: *** [Modules/posixmodule.o] Error 1

Well, looks like some header isn't getting #include-d, I guess because
configure is somehow guessing wrong.  stat not being declared is a bit
surprising.

Probably the easiest thing to do is hack Modules/posixmodule.c to
#include the right headers by hand.  The worthy thing to do is figure
out why configure got this wrong -- but that may be massively tedious.

Cheers,
M.

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