Solaris 10 + Sun Studio 12 Pyrhon 2.4.4 64-bit build problem

[MrJean1]

On final comment.  For 64-bit usage, Python 2.5.1 is the better
choice.

More on that here <http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/pep-353.html>.

/Jean Brouwers


 On Oct 30, 10:15 am, MrJean1 <MrJe... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Building 64-bit Python 2.4.4 on Solaris 10 and SUC C/C++ using the
> instructions from
>
>   <http://ccnuma.anu.edu.au/~wpc/blog/programming/building-
> python.html>
>
> worked just fine on Ultra 20 Opteron machine.  The test result summary
> is below.
>
> /Jean Brouwers
>
> ....
> 249 tests OK.
> 2 tests failed:
>     test_cmath test_pty
> 40 tests skipped:
>     test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_bsddb test_bsddb185
>     test_bsddb3 test_bz2 test_cd test_cl test_codecmaps_cn
>     test_codecmaps_hk test_codecmaps_jp test_codecmaps_kr
>     test_codecmaps_tw test_crypt test_curses test_dl test_gdbm test_gl
>     test_imageop test_imgfile test_linuxaudiodev test_macfs
>     test_macostools test_nis test_normalization test_ossaudiodev
>     test_pep277 test_plistlib test_rgbimg test_scriptpackages
>     test_socket_ssl test_socketserver test_tcl test_timeout
>     test_unicode_file test_urllib2net test_urllibnet test_winreg
>     test_winsound
> 5 skips unexpected on sunos5:
>     test_tcl test_bz2 test_crypt test_dl test_nis
>
> plumb and tree wrote:
> > I've been trying for days to build 64 bit python with Solaris 10 + Sun
> > Studio 12.
>
> > Can anyone helpl please.