compiling Python 2.3.3 Solaris 9 x86 question

[Stefan]

Regarding this problem looks like 'configure' does not pickup
Solaris's curses library.
I had to manually pass to configure command libncurses library


LDFLAGS="-L/opt/sfw/lib -R/opt/sfw/lib -lncurses" 
CPPFLAGS="-I/optsfw/include" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local 
--with-threads --enable-shared

Does this mean that python needs libncurses and can not work with 
Solaris curses library !?


thanks,
stefan


Stefan wrote:
> 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
>