[issue33230] _decimal build failure (unsupported platform for that module) - evolution possible?

Hubert Holin added the comment: Yes, the error turned out to be that I had indeed forgotten to remove the --with-system-libmpdec along with the library and header. Now _decimal compiles fine. I will see if I can get Python to run with my system's mpdecimal (once I have

[issue33230] _decimal build failure (unsupported platform for that module) - evolution possible?

Stefan Krah added the comment: I'm trying to reduce the number of open issues that I'm involved in. If something concrete comes up, feel free to reopen. -- resolution: -> works for me stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed

[issue33230] _decimal build failure (unsupported platform for that module) - evolution possible?

Stefan Krah added the comment: Another source of error is of course if the external libmpdec was not compiled as "universal" but Python is. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue33230] _decimal build failure (unsupported platform for that module) - evolution possible?

Stefan Krah added the comment: It looks to me as if you are compiling --with-system-libmpdec. You don't need that, libmpdec is included in the Python tarball. -with-system-libmpdec was added mainly for Linux distros. If there's a widespread interest to support it on OS

[issue33230] _decimal build failure (unsupported platform for that module) - evolution possible?

Hubert Holin added the comment: This is correct: I had an older version of mpdecimal in /usr/local. However, when removed mpdecimal is (manually) removed from /usr/local (the libs and the header), making a "make clean", a config and make, the _decimal build still fails,

[issue33230] _decimal build failure (unsupported platform for that module) - evolution possible?

Ned Deily added the comment: > However, this is the first time in 6 years that anyone has reported an OS X > build failure. Yes, I've never seen one before, either. But I think the culprit is pointed to in the error message. It looks like you have another version of

[issue33230] _decimal build failure (unsupported platform for that module) - evolution possible?

Stefan Krah added the comment: I don't have OS X. However, this is the first time in 6 years that anyone has reported an OS X build failure. Perhaps Ned knows the answer. -- nosy: +ned.deily, skrah ___ Python tracker

[issue33230] _decimal build failure (unsupported platform for that module) - evolution possible?

New submission from Hubert Holin : _decimal fails to build on my platform due to lack of support: In file included from /Developer/Python/3.6/Python/Python-3.6.5/Modules/_decimal/_decimal.c:34: /usr/local/include/mpdecimal.h:201:4: error: "unsupported platform: need