Python2.4: building '_socket' extension fails with `INET_ADDRSTRLEN' undeclared

[Dieter Maurer]

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes on Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:37:43 +0100:
>...
> So it appears that on your system, INET_ADDRSTRLEN is not defined,
> even if it is supposed to be defined on all systems, regardless
> of whether they support IPv6.

I have met this problem in older Solaris versions: the Solaris
headers did not define the macro.

I fixed my problem by providing the lacking definition
in the relevant Python header file.