python 2.5.2 or Python 2.6 compilation problem on AIX 5.3

[Terry Reedy]

desas2 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello:
> I am trying to compile Python 2.5.2 on AIX 5.3 with gcc 4.2.3. I am
> getting following error. (I also tried Python 2.6 with same error)
> 
> creating build/temp.aix-5.3-2.5/share/tmhsdsd2/tmp/Python-2.5.2/
> Modules
> gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -
> Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I/share/tmhsdsd2/tmp/Python-2.5.2/./Include -
> I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/usr/local/include -I/share/tmhsdsd2/tmp/
> Python-2.5.2/Include -I/share/tmhsdsd2/tmp/Python-2.5.2 -c /share/
> tmhsdsd2/tmp/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_struct.c -o build/temp.aix-5.3-2.5/
> share/tmhsdsd2/tmp/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_struct.o
> creating build/lib.aix-5.3-2.5
> 
> ./Modules/ld_so_aix gcc -pthread -bI:Modules/python.exp build/
> temp.aix-5.3-2.5/share/tmhsdsd2/tmp/Python-2.5.2/Modules/_struct.o -L/
> usr/local/lib -lpython2.5 -o build/lib.aix-5.3-2.5/_struct.so
> collect2: library libpython2.5 not found

Have you checked all the directories on PATH to see if any contain 
libpython2.5?

> *** WARNING: renaming "_struct" since importing it failed:
> 0509-022 Cannot load module build/lib.aix-5.3-2.5.
>         0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name
> does not exist.
> error: No such file or directory
> make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
> 
> 
> Stop.
> 
> 
> I am not able to find the problem. I would appreciate, if you could
> help. I used following command line options to confugure.
>  ./configure --prefix=/home/hci/dinakar/python25 -enable-shared --with-
> gcc
> 
> Thank you.
> Dinakar
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