Compiling python2.2.1 on redHat 6.1 - doesn't work

Tue May 21 09:33:23 EDT 2002

Hi, I have been attempting to compile python 2.2.1 (compiled from
source)

Machine info:
Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)

GCC: 
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)

python:
[GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

C Libraries :
glibc-2.1.2-11
glibc-devel-2.1.2-11
libc-5.3.12-31

./configure works fine for me, I have attached the Setup file if
anyone is interested in the options that I have selected.

this fails to compile python  at during the make :

gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include
-DHAVE_CONFIG_
H   -c ./Modules/threadmodule.c -o Modules/thr
eadmodule.o
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include
-DHAVE_CONFIG_
H   -c ./Modules/signalmodule.c -o Modules/sig
nalmodule.o
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include
-DHAVE_CONFIG_
H   -c ./Modules/posixmodule.c -o Modules/posi
xmodule.o
./Modules/posixmodule.c: In function `posix_nice':
./Modules/posixmodule.c:1270: warning: implicit declaration of
function
`getpriority'
./Modules/posixmodule.c:1270: `PRIO_PROCESS' undeclared (first use in
this
function)
./Modules/posixmodule.c:1270: (Each undeclared identifier is reported
only
once
./Modules/posixmodule.c:1270: for each function it appears in.)
make: *** [Modules/posixmodule.o] Error

Anyone got any ideas? please??!
we can't upgrade our systems to a newer version of RedHat because we
want to keep the same kernel/c librarise as we have legacy devices
which rely upon the existing C libraries and kernel shipped with 6.1

thanks in advance,
Matt

Modules/Seutup file follows:

# -*- makefile -*-
# The file Setup is used by the makesetup script to construct the
files
# Makefile and config.c, from Makefile.pre and config.c.in,
# respectively.  The file Setup itself is initially copied from
# Setup.dist; once it exists it will not be overwritten, so you can
edit
# Setup to your heart's content.  Note that Makefile.pre is created
# from Makefile.pre.in by the toplevel configure script.

# (VPATH notes: Setup and Makefile.pre are in the build directory, as
# are Makefile and config.c; the *.in and *.dist files are in the
source
# directory.)

# Each line in this file describes one or more optional modules.
# Modules enabled here will not be compiled by the setup.py script,
# so the file can be used to override setup.py's behavior.

# Lines have the following structure:
#
# <module> ... [<sourcefile> ...] [<cpparg> ...] [<library> ...]
#
# <sourcefile> is anything ending in .c (.C, .cc, .c++ are C++ files)
# <cpparg> is anything starting with -I, -D, -U or -C
# <library> is anything ending in .a or beginning with -l or -L
# <module> is anything else but should be a valid Python
# identifier (letters, digits, underscores, beginning with non-digit)
#
# (As the makesetup script changes, it may recognize some other
# arguments as well, e.g. *.so and *.sl as libraries.  See the big
# case statement in the makesetup script.)
#
# Lines can also have the form
#
# <name> = <value>
#
# which defines a Make variable definition inserted into Makefile.in
#
# Finally, if a line contains just the word "*shared*" (without the
# quotes but with the stars), then the following modules will not be
# included in the config.c file, nor in the list of objects to be
# added to the library archive, and their linker options won't be
# added to the linker options, but rules to create their .o files and
# their shared libraries will still be added to the Makefile, and
# their names will be collected in the Make variable SHAREDMODS.  This
# is used to build modules as shared libraries.  (They can be
# installed using "make sharedinstall", which is implied by the
# toplevel "make install" target.)  (For compatibility,
# *noconfig* has the same effect as *shared*.)
#
# In addition, *static* reverses this effect (negating a previous
# *shared* line).

# NOTE: As a standard policy, as many modules as can be supported by a
# platform should be present.  The distribution comes with all modules
# enabled that are supported by most platforms and don't require you
# to ftp sources from elsewhere.

# Some special rules to define PYTHONPATH.
# Edit the definitions below to indicate which options you are using.
# Don't add any whitespace or comments!

# Directories where library files get installed.
# DESTLIB is for Python modules; MACHDESTLIB for shared libraries.
DESTLIB=$(LIBDEST)
MACHDESTLIB=$(BINLIBDEST)

# NOTE: all the paths are now relative to the prefix that is computed
# at run time!

# Standard path -- don't edit.
# No leading colon since this is the first entry.
# Empty since this is now just the runtime prefix.
DESTPATH=

# Site specific path components -- should begin with : if non-empty
SITEPATH=

# Standard path components for test modules
TESTPATH=

# Path components for machine- or system-dependent modules and shared
libraries
MACHDEPPATH=:plat-$(MACHDEP)

# Path component for the Tkinter-related modules
# The TKPATH variable is always enabled, to save you the effort.
TKPATH=:lib-tk

COREPYTHONPATH=$(DESTPATH)$(SITEPATH)$(TESTPATH)$(MACHDEPPATH)$(TKPATH)
PYTHONPATH=$(COREPYTHONPATH)

# The modules listed here can't be built as shared libraries for
# various reasons; therefore they are listed here instead of in the
# normal order.

# This only contains the minimal set of modules required to run the 
# setup.py script in the root of the Python source tree.

posix posixmodule.c		# posix (UNIX) system calls
_sre _sre.c			# Fredrik Lundh's new regular expressions
new newmodule.c			# Tommy Burnette's 'new' module

# The rest of the modules listed in this file are all commented out by
# default.  Usually they can be detected and built as dynamically
# loaded modules by the new setup.py script added in Python 2.1.  If
# you're on a platform that doesn't support dynamic loading, want to 
# compile modules statically into the Python binary, or need to 
# specify some odd set of compiler switches, you can uncomment the 
# appropriate lines below.

# ======================================================================

# The Python symtable module depends on .h files that setup.py doesn't
track
_symtable symtablemodule.c

# The SGI specific GL module:

GLHACK=-Dclear=__GLclear
#gl glmodule.c cgensupport.c -I$(srcdir) $(GLHACK) -lgl -lX11

# Pure module.  Cannot be linked dynamically.
# -DWITH_QUANTIFY, -DWITH_PURIFY, or -DWITH_ALL_PURE
#WHICH_PURE_PRODUCTS=-DWITH_ALL_PURE
#PURE_INCLS=-I/usr/local/include
#PURE_STUBLIBS=-L/usr/local/lib -lpurify_stubs -lquantify_stubs
#pure puremodule.c $(WHICH_PURE_PRODUCTS) $(PURE_INCLS)
$(PURE_STUBLIBS)

# Uncommenting the following line tells makesetup that all following
# modules are to be built as shared libraries (see above for more
# detail; also note that *static* reverses this effect):

#*shared*

# GNU readline.  Unlike previous Python incarnations, GNU readline is
# now incorporated in an optional module, configured in the Setup file
# instead of by a configure script switch.  You may have to insert a
# -L option pointing to the directory where libreadline.* lives,
# and you may have to change -ltermcap to -ltermlib or perhaps remove
# it, depending on your system -- see the GNU readline instructions.
# It's okay for this to be a shared library, too.

readline readline.c -lreadline -ltermcap

# Modules that should always be present (non UNIX dependent):

#array arraymodule.c	# array objects
#cmath cmathmodule.c # -lm # complex math library functions
math mathmodule.c # -lm # math library functions, e.g. sin()
#struct structmodule.c	# binary structure packing/unpacking
time timemodule.c # -lm # time operations and variables
operator operator.c	# operator.add() and similar goodies
#_weakref _weakref.c	# basic weak reference support
#_codecs _codecsmodule.c	# access to the builtin codecs and codec
registry
#_testcapi _testcapimodule.c    # Python C API test module

unicodedata unicodedata.c    # static Unicode character database

#_locale _localemodule.c  # access to ISO C locale support

# Modules with some UNIX dependencies -- on by default:
# (If you have a really backward UNIX, select and socket may not be
# supported...)

fcntl fcntlmodule.c	# fcntl(2) and ioctl(2)
pwd pwdmodule.c		# pwd(3) 
grp grpmodule.c		# grp(3)
errno errnomodule.c	# posix (UNIX) errno values
select selectmodule.c	# select(2); not on ancient System V

# Memory-mapped files (also works on Win32).
mmap mmapmodule.c

# Dynamic readlines
xreadlines xreadlinesmodule.c

# for socket(2), without SSL support.
_socket socketmodule.c

# Socket module compiled with SSL support; you must comment out the
other
# socket line above, and possibly edit the SSL variable:
SSL=/usr/local/ssl
_socket socketmodule.c \
	-DUSE_SSL -I$(SSL)/include -I$(SSL)/include/openssl \
	-L$(SSL)/lib -lssl -lcrypto

# The crypt module is now disabled by default because it breaks builds
# on many systems (where -lcrypt is needed), e.g. Linux (I believe).
#
# First, look at Setup.config; configure may have set this for you.

crypt cryptmodule.c  -lcrypt	# crypt(3); needs -lcrypt on some systems

# Some more UNIX dependent modules -- off by default, since these
# are not supported by all UNIX systems:

#nis nismodule.c -lnsl	# Sun yellow pages -- not everywhere
termios termios.c	# Steen Lumholt's termios module
resource resource.c	# Jeremy Hylton's rlimit interface

# Multimedia modules -- off by default.
# These don't work for 64-bit platforms!!!
# These represent audio samples or images as strings:

#audioop audioop.c	# Operations on audio samples
#imageop imageop.c	# Operations on images
#rgbimg rgbimgmodule.c	# Read SGI RGB image files (but coded portably)

# The md5 module implements the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5
# Message-Digest Algorithm, described in RFC 1321.  The necessary
files
# md5c.c and md5.h are included here.

md5 md5module.c md5c.c

# The sha module implements the SHA checksum algorithm.
# (NIST's Secure Hash Algorithm.)
#sha shamodule.c

# The mpz module interfaces to the GNU Multiple Precision library.
# You need to ftp the GNU MP library.  
# The GMP variable must point to the GMP source directory.
# This was originally written and tested against GMP 1.2 and 1.3.2.
# It has been modified by Rob Hooft to work with 2.0.2 as well, but I
# haven't tested it recently.

# A compatible MP library unencombered by the GPL also exists.  It was
# posted to comp.sources.misc in volume 40 and is widely available
from
# FTP archive sites. One URL for it is:
# ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.b/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume40/fgmp/part01.Z

#GMP=/ufs/guido/src/gmp
#mpz mpzmodule.c -I$(GMP) $(GMP)/libgmp.a

# SGI IRIX specific modules -- off by default.

# These module work on any SGI machine:

# *** gl must be enabled higher up in this file ***
#fm fmmodule.c $(GLHACK) -lfm -lgl		# Font Manager
#sgi sgimodule.c			# sgi.nap() and a few more

# This module requires the header file
# /usr/people/4Dgifts/iristools/include/izoom.h:
#imgfile imgfile.c -limage -lgutil -lgl -lm	# Image Processing
Utilities

# These modules require the Multimedia Development Option (I think):

#al almodule.c -laudio			# Audio Library
#cd cdmodule.c -lcdaudio -lds -lmediad	# CD Audio Library
#cl clmodule.c -lcl -lawareaudio	# Compression Library
#sv svmodule.c yuvconvert.c -lsvideo -lXext -lX11	# Starter Video

# The FORMS library, by Mark Overmars, implements user interface
# components such as dialogs and buttons using SGI's GL and FM
# libraries.  You must ftp the FORMS library separately from
# ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/SGI/FORMS.  It was tested with FORMS 2.2a.
# NOTE: if you want to be able to use FORMS and curses simultaneously
# (or both link them statically into the same binary), you must
# compile all of FORMS with the cc option "-Dclear=__GLclear".

# The FORMS variable must point to the FORMS subdirectory of the forms
# toplevel directory:

#FORMS=/ufs/guido/src/forms/FORMS
#fl flmodule.c -I$(FORMS) $(GLHACK) $(FORMS)/libforms.a -lfm -lgl

# SunOS specific modules -- off by default:

#sunaudiodev sunaudiodev.c

# A Linux specific module -- off by default; this may also work on 
# some *BSDs.

#linuxaudiodev linuxaudiodev.c

# George Neville-Neil's timing module:

timing timingmodule.c

# The _tkinter module.
#
# The command for _tkinter is long and site specific.  Please
# uncomment and/or edit those parts as indicated.  If you don't have a
# specific extension (e.g. Tix or BLT), leave the corresponding line
# commented out.  (Leave the trailing backslashes in!  If you
# experience strange errors, you may want to join all uncommented
# lines and remove the backslashes -- the backslash interpretation is
# done by the shell's "read" command and it may not be implemented on
# every system.

# *** Always uncomment this (leave the leading underscore in!):
# _tkinter _tkinter.c tkappinit.c -DWITH_APPINIT \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your Tcl/Tk libraries are:
#	-L/usr/local/lib \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your Tcl/Tk headers are:
#	-I/usr/local/include \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your X11 header files are:
#	-I/usr/X11R6/include \
# *** Or uncomment this for Solaris:
#	-I/usr/openwin/include \
# *** Uncomment and edit for Tix extension only:
#	-DWITH_TIX -ltix8.1.8.2 \
# *** Uncomment and edit for BLT extension only:
#	-DWITH_BLT -I/usr/local/blt/blt8.0-unoff/include -lBLT8.0 \
# *** Uncomment and edit for PIL (TkImaging) extension only:
#     (See http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ for more info)
#	-DWITH_PIL -I../Extensions/Imaging/libImaging  tkImaging.c \
# *** Uncomment and edit for TOGL extension only:
#	-DWITH_TOGL togl.c \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect your Tcl/Tk versions:
#	-ltk8.2 -ltcl8.2 \
# *** Uncomment and edit to reflect where your X11 libraries are:
#	-L/usr/X11R6/lib \
# *** Or uncomment this for Solaris:
#	-L/usr/openwin/lib \
# *** Uncomment these for TOGL extension only:
#	-lGL -lGLU -lXext -lXmu \
# *** Uncomment for AIX:
#	-lld \
# *** Always uncomment this; X11 libraries to link with:
#	-lX11

# Lance Ellinghaus's modules:

#rotor rotormodule.c		# enigma-inspired encryption
syslog syslogmodule.c		# syslog daemon interface

# Curses support, requring the System V version of curses, often
# provided by the ncurses library.  e.g. on Linux, link with -lncurses
# instead of -lcurses; on SunOS 4.1.3, insert -I/usr/5include
# -L/usr/5lib before -lcurses).
#
# First, look at Setup.config; configure may have set this for you.

#_curses _cursesmodule.c -lcurses -ltermcap
# Wrapper for the panel library that's part of ncurses and SYSV
curses.
#_curses_panel _curses_panel.c -lpanel -lncurses 

# Generic (SunOS / SVR4) dynamic loading module.
# This is not needed for dynamic loading of Python modules --
# it is a highly experimental and dangerous device for calling
# *arbitrary* C functions in *arbitrary* shared libraries:

#dl dlmodule.c

# Modules that provide persistent dictionary-like semantics.  You will
# probably want to arrange for at least one of them to be available on
# your machine, though none are defined by default because of library
# dependencies.  The Python module anydbm.py provides an
# implementation independent wrapper for these; dumbdbm.py provides
# similar functionality (but slower of course) implemented in Python.

# The standard Unix dbm module has been moved to Setup.config so that
# it will be compiled as a shared library by default.  Compiling it as
# a built-in module causes conflicts with the pybsddb3 module since it
# creates a static dependency on an out-of-date version of db.so.
#
# First, look at Setup.config; configure may have set this for you.

#dbm dbmmodule.c 	# dbm(3) may require -lndbm or similar

# Anthony Baxter's gdbm module.  GNU dbm(3) will require -lgdbm:
#
# First, look at Setup.config; configure may have set this for you.

gdbm gdbmmodule.c -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lgdbm

# Berkeley DB interface.
#
# This requires the Berkeley DB code, see
# ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/db.1.85.tar.gz
#
# Edit the variables DB and DBPORT to point to the db top directory
# and the subdirectory of PORT where you built it.
#
# (See http://electricrain.com/greg/python/bsddb3/ for an interface to
# BSD DB 3.x.)

# Note: If a db.h file is found by configure, bsddb will be enabled
# automatically via Setup.config.in.  It only needs to be enabled here
# if it is not automatically enabled there; check the generated
# Setup.config before enabling it here.

#DB=/depot/sundry/src/berkeley-db/db.1.85
#DBPORT=$(DB)/PORT/irix.5.3
#bsddb bsddbmodule.c -I$(DBPORT)/include -I$(DBPORT) $(DBPORT)/libdb.a

# Helper module for various ascii-encoders
binascii binascii.c

# Fred Drake's interface to the Python parser
parser parsermodule.c

# Digital Creations' cStringIO and cPickle
#cStringIO cStringIO.c
cPickle cPickle.c

# Lee Busby's SIGFPE modules.
# The library to link fpectl with is platform specific.
# Choose *one* of the options below for fpectl:

# For SGI IRIX (tested on 5.3):
#fpectl fpectlmodule.c -lfpe

# For Solaris with SunPro compiler (tested on Solaris 2.5 with SunPro
C 4.2):
# (Without the compiler you don't have -lsunmath.)
#fpectl fpectlmodule.c -R/opt/SUNWspro/lib -lsunmath -lm

# For other systems: see instructions in fpectlmodule.c.
#fpectl fpectlmodule.c ...

# Test module for fpectl.  No extra libraries needed.
#fpetest fpetestmodule.c

# Andrew Kuchling's zlib module.
# This require zlib 1.1.3 (or later).
# See http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
#zlib zlibmodule.c -I$(prefix)/include -L$(exec_prefix)/lib -lz

# Interface to the Expat XML parser
#
# Expat is written by James Clark and must be downloaded separately
# (see below).  The pyexpat module was written by Paul Prescod after a
# prototype by Jack Jansen.
#
# The Expat dist includes Windows .lib and .dll files.  Home page is
at
# http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html, the current production release
is
# always ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/xml/expat.zip.
#
# EXPAT_DIR, below, should point to the expat/ directory created by
# unpacking the Expat source distribution.
#
# Note: the expat build process doesn't yet build a libexpat.a; you
can
# do this manually while we try convince the author to add it.  To do
so,
# cd to EXPAT_DIR, run "make" if you have not done so, then run:
#
#    ar cr libexpat.a xmltok/*.o xmlparse/*.o
#
#EXPAT_DIR=/usr/local/src/expat
#pyexpat pyexpat.c -I$(EXPAT_DIR)/xmlparse -L$(EXPAT_DIR) -lexpat

# Example -- included for reference only:
# xx xxmodule.c

# Another example -- the 'xxsubtype' module shows C-level subtyping in
action
xxsubtype xxsubtype.c