Builing Python 2.6 on AIX 5.2

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On Oct 6, 4:16 am, brasse <thebra... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I am having some trouble building Python 2.6 on AIX. The steps I have
> taken are:
>
> export PATH=/usr/bin/:/usr/vacpp/bin/
> ./configure --with-gcc=xlc_r --with-cxx=xlC_r --disable-ipv6
> make
>
> This is the error message I'm seeing:
> ./Modules/ld_so_aix xlc_r -bI:Modules/python.exp build/
> temp.aix-5.2-2.6/home/mabr/Python-2.6/Modules/_multiprocessing/
> multiprocessing.o build/temp.aix-5.2-2.6/home/mabr/Python-2.6/Modules/
> _multiprocessing/socket_connection.o build/temp.aix-5.2-2.6/home/mabr/
> Python-2.6/Modules/_multiprocessing/semaphore.o -L/usr/local/lib -o
> build/lib.aix-5.2-2.6/_multiprocessing.so
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .sem_timedwait
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .CMSG_SPACE
> ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .CMSG_LEN
> ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
> information.
> *** WARNING: renaming "_multiprocessing" since importing it failed: No
> such file or directory
> error: No such file or directory
> make: The error code from the last command is 1.
>
> Have someone on this list had similar problems? Am I missing some
> libraries? The configure script runs without errors, I would have
> expected some kind of error there if I was missing something.
>
> Regards,
> Mattias

I don't know if it has anything to do with it. But I got that error
one time on AIX and it was a library compiled to 32 bit that could not
be linked to 64 bit python. Maybe in your case it is the other way
around.

I haven't tried compiling Py2.6 yet. I compile 64 bit with:

OPT=-O2 ./configure --with-gcc="xlc_r -q64" --with-cxx="xlC_r -q64" --
disable-ipv6 AR="ar -X64"