[Patches] [ python-Patches-712367 ] get build working on AIX

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Patches item #712367, was opened at 2003-03-30 17:36
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Category: Build
Group: Python 2.3
>Status: Closed
Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Assigned to: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Summary: get build working on AIX

Initial Comment:
Tested on AIX 4.3 and 5.1.  I may have tested this on
4.2 a long time ago.  Changes to configure and
setup.py.  The setup.py changes are build curses.

The configure changes create the export file
differently.  I was told by Gary Hooks at IBM that the
export file must have a period for AIX 4.2 and beyond
for dynamically imported modules to work properly (call
back into the interpreter).

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>Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2003-03-31 11:10

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Ok, I'll ask about what the best minimum version should be.
 Right now, I suspect AIX 4.2 which is the oldest version I
have access to in the snake-farm.

Checked in as:
 setup.py 1.158
 configure 1.389
 configure.in 1.400

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-03-31 00:22

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The patch itself is fine. However, we should also formally
establish a minimum supported AIX version, in PEP 11
(perhaps with a vision of warning users in 2.4, and actively
removing code that belongs to older versions in 2.5).

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