[Python-Dev] release for 2.1.2, plus 2.2.1...

[Martin v. Loewis]

> Confirmed.  The compilation errors can be fixed with the patch that
> Martin sent around earlier in this thread.  So that probably ought to
> be added to Python 2.1.2.  But the patch + the posix-large-file
> instructions still don't enable large file support for me on glibc
> 2.2.4.  So something more is needed.

One possible difference between your and my installation is that you
probably followed the Linux instructions, whereas I followed the
Solaris instructions (even though my system is Linux). I did so
because of

martin@mira:~/work/python/dist/src> getconf LFS_CFLAGS
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64

So getconf works fine on Linux, as well, and DTRT. Could please
recompile your installation using the getconf approach alone?


> I do plan to get back to this if nobody else fixes it in the
> meantime, but I've got a couple of higher priority things to deal with
> right now.
> 
> I'd say LFS in Python 2.1.2 should be a high priority.

I'd like to see an independent confirmation first that there still is
a problem to solve.

Regards,
Martin