In article <51c556a8-7277-474d-821f-190adf155...@f16g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>, Amit <[email protected]> wrote: > >THen I decided to compile python 2.5.4 on my AIX box. I downloaded the >python source code from www.python.org and tried to compile on my AIX >both using gcc. > > case $MAKEFLAGS in *-s*) CC='gcc -pthread' LDSHARED='./Modules/ >ld_so_aix gcc -pthread -bI:Modules/python.exp' OPT='-DNDEBUG -g - >fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes' ./python -E ./setup.py -q >build;; *) CC='gcc -pthread' LDSHARED='./Modules/ld_so_aix gcc - >pthread -bI:Modules/python.exp' OPT='-DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall - >Wstrict-prototypes' ./python -E ./setup.py build;; esac >running build >running build_ext >building 'bz2' extension >gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall - >Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I/avre/Python-2.5.4/./Include -I. -IInclude - >I./Include -I/avre/Python-2.5.4/Include -I/avre/Python-2.5.4 -c /avre/ >Python-2.5.4/Modules/bz2module.c -o build/temp.aix-6.1-2.5/avre/ >Python-2.5.4/Modules/bz2module.o >building '_tkinter' extension >./Modules/ld_so_aix gcc -pthread -bI:Modules/python.exp build/ >temp.aix-6.1-2.5/avre/Python-2.5.4/Modules/_tkinter.o build/ >temp.aix-6.1-2.5/avre/Python-2.5.4/Modules/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11/lib - >ltk8.4 -ltcl8.4 -lX11 -o build/lib.aix-6.1-2.5/_tkinter.so >*** WARNING: renaming "_tkinter" since importing it failed: 0509-022 >Cannot load module build/lib.aix-6.1-2.5. > 0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name does not >exist.
This looks like a generic AIX compilation error finding system libraries; you probably will get better results from asking on an AIX forum. -- Aahz ([email protected]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." --Red Adair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
