compiling Python 2.3.3 Solaris 9 x86 question

[Stefan]

Hi,

I am trying to build Python 2.3.3 on Solaris 9 x86. Everything goes fine
except that I have some issues with curses module ...



I had to fix configure script in order to get it running by changing

SunOS/5.6 in SunOS/5.*

eg.
"
case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
   # On OpenBSD, select(2) is not available if _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined,
   # even though select is a POSIX function. Reported by J. Ribbens.
   # Reconfirmed for OpenBSD 3.3 by Zachary Hamm, for 3.4 by Jason Ish.
   OpenBSD/2.* | OpenBSD/3.[01234])
     define_xopen_source=no;;
   # On Solaris 2.6, sys/wait.h is inconsistent in the usage
   # of union __?sigval. Reported by Stuart Bishop.
   SunOS/5.6)
"


Im building python using 2.95 the GNU compiler.
The configure command was something like:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-threads --enable-shared

My LD_LIBRARY_PATH is defined as:

/opt/sfw/lib:/usr/sfw/lib


---

I have found that after compilation there are some warnings about curses 
module ...


*** WARNING: renaming "_curses" since importing it failed: ld.so.1: 
./python: fatal: relocation error: file 
build/lib.solaris-2.9-i86pc-2.3/_curses.so: symbol newscr: referenced 
symbol not found
building '_curses_panel' extension

*** WARNING: renaming "_curses_panel" since importing it failed: No 
module named _curses

... which, I think, will end by having no curses module available.

 From help() found out these:



help> modules

Please wait a moment while I gather a list of all available modules...


...
_curses_failed      getpass             py_compile
_curses_panel_failed

...


Anyone any ideas about this error? Do I have to instruct configure 
script to pick up some libcurses at the first run ... or my 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not correct ?

thanks
stefan