[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-414371 ] bad gcc/glibc config

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Bugs item #414371, was updated on 2001-04-06 12:26
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Category: Build
>Group: 3rd Party
>Status: Closed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: bad gcc/glibc  config

Initial Comment:
When attempting to build version 2.1(b2a) on a RedHat
7.0 system (upgraded to kernel 2.4.3, glibc 2.2-12, and
libstc 2.96-69) package failed to make. Previous
version of 2.0 also failed at this point but I elected
to use 1.5 rather than resolve the problem. 

After 'make' the following was  wrote to the terminal:
gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict - prototypes -I.
-I./Include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -o Modu{...]
In file included from Include/Python.h:54, from
Modules/python.c:3:
Include/pyport.h:422:2: #error "LONG_BIT definition
appears wrong for platform (bad gcc/glibc config)[...]
make: *** {Modules/python.o] Error 1 [End Error]  So no
build and no Python 2. ||

Hardware specs: PIII, 256 MB Ram, 20 GB HD, used as a
development platform.

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Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2001-04-07 13:03

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The GCC version that comes with Red Hat 7.0 is not fit for
distribution.

In particular, it defines LONG_BIT as 64 on 32-bit machines under
certain circumstances, and letting this go unchecked would cause
it to generate bad code for various Python arithmetic operations.

The solution is to download a valid version of GCC.

See

http://www.python.org/cgi-
bin/moinmoin/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#line53

for more information.

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