AIX build and (potentially missing modules

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/17/2016 7:02 PM, Michael Felt wrote:
> I have been packaging python for AIX - and wanting minimal dependancies
> I have been ignoring the final messages from make.

You must be packaging 2.x rathar than 3.x

> Personally, I do not see any real harm in the missing *audio "bits", but
> how terrible are the other missing "bits" for normal python programs?

Some are gone in 3.x.

> building dbm using ndbm
> INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk libs and/or headers
>
> Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules
> were not found:
> _bsddb             _curses_panel      _sqlite3
> _tkinter           bsddb185           dl
> gdbm               imageop            linuxaudiodev
> ossaudiodev        readline           spwd
> sunaudiodev

_tkinter is needed for tkinter, IDLE, turtle, and and user programs that 
use the tkinter GUI framework or turtle and any users that want the IDLE 
IDE.

_sqlite3 is needed for sqlite3 database module.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy