[Python-Dev] Problems compiling 2.6.1 on Solaris 10

2008-12-22 Thread Ellinghaus, Lance
I am hoping someone can assist me. I normally don't care if the _ctypes module builds or not, but I now need to have it build. I am running Solaris 10 with Sun's C compiler under SunStudio 11. After running 'configure' and 'make', the _ctypes module fails with the following error: cc -xcode=pic32

Re: [Python-Dev] Problems compiling 2.6.1 on Solaris 10

2008-12-23 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I am hoping someone can assist me. I normally don’t care if the _ctypes > module builds or not, but I now need to have it build. > > I am running Solaris 10 with Sun’s C compiler under SunStudio 11. I don't think ctypes (rather, libffi) supports Sun C. You will need to port it (as you have alre

Re: [Python-Dev] Problems compiling 2.6.1 on Solaris 10

2008-12-23 Thread Nick Coghlan
Martin v. Löwis wrote: >> I am hoping someone can assist me. I normally don’t care if the _ctypes >> module builds or not, but I now need to have it build. >> >> I am running Solaris 10 with Sun’s C compiler under SunStudio 11. > > I don't think ctypes (rather, libffi) supports Sun C. You will nee

Re: [Python-Dev] Problems compiling 2.6.1 on Solaris 10

2008-12-23 Thread Ellinghaus, Lance
Martin, Thank you very much. At least I know what I need to do now. > From: "Martin v. Löwis" [mailto:mar...@v.loewis.de] > I don't think ctypes (rather, libffi) supports Sun C. You will need to > port it (as you have already ruled out the other options, such as using > gcc, or not using ctypes)