Compiling Python using the Portland Group compiler

[nnorwitz at gmail.com]

Konrad Hinsen wrote:
> I am trying to install Python 2.4.3 on an AMD Opteron system using
> the Portland Group's compiler (pgcc). Using
>
> I finally managed to obtain an executable that would start and work,
> but it fails a couple of test cases:
...
> Has anyone encountered such failures before? Does anyone have useful
> suggestions for analyzing them?

Try adding -Kieee to the compiler options. Python's complex math
requires strict IEEE conformance.

You'll have to debug the crash further.

n