subject:"\[issue26466\] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX"

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-03 Thread Michael Felt

Michael Felt added the comment: Would just like to add my heartfelt thanks for the simple hint And, perhaps something to add to the Docs After adding "--without-computed-gotos" I can complete a (default) configure, make, make (DESTDIR=xxx) install of * python-2.7.11 (was not needed for

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-02 Thread Michael Felt

Michael Felt added the comment: wonderful suggestion - it gets the build past that hurdle. My bad that I had not looked more carefully at configure --help output. But that brings back another 'issue' I had also seen when verifying 2.7.10. I shall look in the bug-list for a related issue (I

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-02 Thread Marc-Andre Lemburg

Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment: Does Python 2.7.10 build fine ? If so, then perhaps xlc doesn't like the computed gotos in ceval.c. You could try compiling with: ./configure ... --without-computed-gotos ... to check. -- nosy: +lemburg ___

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-02 Thread Michael Felt

Michael Felt added the comment: Patched to fp22: vacpp.11.1.0.22.aix53TL7-71.sept2015.ptf.tar.Z after reinstalling system! to be sure no garbage left around. Only updates are openSSL/SSH packages; no RPM's installed. Same error message(s). Tried compiling ceval.o with -O0 (capt. O, zero) -

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-02 Thread Michael Felt

Michael Felt added the comment: At first I thought it might be a 0x0001 rather than 0x0003 (as I have no idea what the additional info is AND that the lines starting with [0] are the Symbol 0 (zero) you indicate the message. Also thought it might have been the double listing of some symbols

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-01 Thread David Edelsohn

David Edelsohn added the comment: It's not symbol with value 0, it's symbol number 0. You can list the symbols with the AIX "dump -t" command. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-01 Thread Michael Felt

Michael Felt added the comment: the basic process I have used repeatedly (for calling ./configure) to package python, and many other things has not changed. Today, I repackaged version 2.7.10 (the file listed in 2.7.10.0) just to test the process I was using with 2.7.11 I learned that 2.7.10

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-01 Thread David Edelsohn

David Edelsohn added the comment: Something is building libpython2.7.a incorrectly or the python.exp script is not functioning correctly. ld: 0711-596 SEVERE ERROR: Object libpython2.7.a[ceval.o] An RLD for section 2 (.data) refers to symbol 0, but the storage class of the

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-01 Thread Michael Felt

Michael Felt added the comment: It worked fine using xlc with 2.7.10 (verified again today). The delta between ceval.c in 2.7.10 and 2.7.11 is large. make.out (excerpt) 2.7.10: rm -f libpython2.7.a ar rc libpython2.7.a Modules/getbuildinfo.o ar rc libpython2.7.a

[issue26466] cannot build python 2.7.11 on AIX

2016-03-01 Thread Michael Felt

New submission from Michael Felt: Finally noticed the new release, unfortunately it fails to build. All proceeds normally until... tail .buildaix/make.out ar rc libpython2.7.a Parser/acceler.o Parser/grammar1.o Parser/listnode.o Parser/node.o Parser/parser.o Parser/parsetok.o Parser/bitset.o