Re: python build error on Sparc Solaris

["Matt Kolb" <muk%msu.edu@localhost>]

Matt Kolb writes: 

> Raymond Meyer writes:  
>
> > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:16:42 +0100
> > Raymond Meyer <raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost> wrote:  
> >
> > > This happens with both lang/python23 and lang/python24.
> > > Does anyone know how to fix this?  
> > >
> > > running build
> > > running build_ext
> > > INFO: Can't locate Tcl/Tk libs and/or headers
> > > building 'struct' extension
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "./setup.py", line 1105, in ?
> > >     main()
> > >   File "./setup.py", line 1099, in main
> > >     scripts = ['Tools/scripts/pydoc2.4',
> > >   File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/core 
> > > .py",
> > > line 149, in setup dist.run_commands() File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/dist 
> > > .py",
> > > line 946, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/dist 
> > > .py",
> > > line 966, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/comm 
> > > and/build.py",
> > > line 112, in run self.run_command(cmd_name) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/cmd. 
> > > py",
> > > line 333, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/dist 
> > > .py",
> > > line 966, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/comm 
> > > and/build_ext.py",
> > > line 279, in run self.build_extensions() File "./setup.py", line 179, in
> > > build_extensions build_ext.build_extensions(self)
> > >   File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/comm 
> > > and/build_ext.py",
> > > line 405, in build_extensions self.build_extension(ext) File 
> > > "./setup.py",
> > > line 184, in build_extension build_ext.build_extension(self, ext)
> > >   File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/comm 
> > > and/build_ext.py",
> > > line 470, in build_extension depends=ext.depends) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/ccom 
> > > piler.py",
> > > line 699, in compile self._compile(obj, src, ext, cc_args, 
> > > extra_postargs,
> > > pp_opts) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/unix 
> > > ccompiler.py",
> > > line 112, in _compile self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, 
> > > '-o',
> > > obj] + File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/ccom 
> > > piler.py",
> > > line 1040, in spawn spawn (cmd, dry_run=self.dry_run) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/spaw 
> > > n.py",
> > > line 37, in spawn _spawn_posix(cmd, search_path, dry_run=dry_run) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/spaw 
> > > n.py",
> > > line 122, in _spawn_posix log.info(string.join(cmd, ' ')) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/log. 
> > > py",
> > > line 33, in info self._log(INFO, msg, args) File
> > > "/opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3/Lib/distutils/log. 
> > > py",
> > > line 23, in _log print msg % args TypeError: not enough arguments for 
> > > format
> > > string *** Error code 1  
> > >
> > > Stop.
> > > bmake: stopped in /opt/pkg.obj/lang/python24/work.ultra10/Python-2.4.3
> > > *** Error code 1
> >
> > I just filed a PR for this problem, with a description of a possible fix, 
> > see:  
> >
> > http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=34217  
>
> We've been happily running pkgsrc'd python on solaris 10 in production for 
> quite some time.  I did have to write a local patch to get it to work 
> properly though.  
>
> Here it is:  
>
> --- Include/pyport.h.orig       Tue Apr  4 15:58:33 2006
> +++ Include/pyport.h    Tue Apr  4 16:16:22 2006
> @@ -250,9 +250,7 @@
> * a platform where HUGE_VAL is defined incorrectly, fiddle your Python
> * config to #define Py_HUGE_VAL to something that works on your platform.
> */
> -#ifndef Py_HUGE_VAL
> -#define Py_HUGE_VAL HUGE_VAL
> -#endif
> +#define Py_HUGE_VAL DBL_MAX  
>
> /* Py_OVERFLOWED(X)
> * Return 1 iff a libm function overflowed.  Set errno to 0 before calling 

And now that I look at it I remember why I didn't submit it.  This is 
obviously a hack and is platform specific.  I'm not sure what the "right 
thing to do" is here, so I'll leave that up to someone with a better set of 
ethics ;) 

./matt