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Various notes added:
- -mt option for Solaris threads with Solaris compiler - make clean when switching static link status for Linux - DEC alpha --with-dec-threads option - SunOS removed unnecessary warnings, mention -Xa for SunPro - Setup.local file - warn to try make clean after changing readline option - mention --with-threads as alias for --with-thread
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on these platforms without the special directions mentioned here, let
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me know so I can remove them!)
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Solaris: When using Sun's C compiler with threads, at least on Solaris
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2.5.1, you need to add the "-mt" compiler option (the simplest
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way is probably to specify the compiler with this option as
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the "CC" environment variable when running the configure
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script).
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Linux: On Linux version 1.x, once you've built Python, use it to run
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the regen script in the Lib/linux1 directory. Apparently
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the files as distributed don't match the system headers on
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some Linux versions. (The "h2py" command refers to
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Tools/scripts/h2py.py.) The modules distributed for Linux 2.x
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should be okay. Shared library support now works by default
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on ELF-based x86 Linux systems.
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on ELF-based x86 Linux systems. (Note: when you change the
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status of a module from static to shared, you must remove its
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.o file or do a "make clean".)
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DEC Alpha OFS/1: When enabling threads, use --with-dec-threads, not
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--with-thread.
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AIX: A complete overhaul of the shared library support is now in
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place. To enable it, uncomment the LINKCC line in the Setup
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3) According to at least one report, the above apply only to
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SCO 3 -- Python builds out of the box on SCO 5.
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SunOS: On SunOS 4.x, when using the native "cc" compiler, you have to
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disable modules "cmath" and "operator" in Modules/Setup (see
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the next section) and edit the various Makefiles to add
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"-DWITHOUT_COMPLEX" to the CFLAGS variable, in order to
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overcome the limitation to pre-ANSI C. (Or, of course, you
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could get gcc :-).
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SunOS: On SunOS 4.1.x, when using the SunPro C compiler, you may want
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to use the '-Xa' option instead of '-Xc', to enable some
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needed non-ANSI Sunisms.
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NeXT: To build fat binaries, use the --with-next-archs switch
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described below.
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For SunOS and Solaris, enable module "sunaudiodev" to support the
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In addition to the file Setup, you can also edit the file Setup.local.
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(the makesetup script processes both). You may find it more
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convenient to edit Setup.local and leave Setup alone. Then, when
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installing a new Python version, you can copy your old Setup.local
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file.
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Setting the optimization/debugging options
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must run "make clean" before rebuilding. Exceptions to this rule:
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after changing --prefix or --exec-prefix, all you need to do is remove
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Modules/getpath.o; after changing --with-readline, just remove
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Parser/myreadline.o.
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Parser/myreadline.o (but if it doesn't seem to work, always try "make
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clean" before giving up or complaining!).
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--with(out)-gcc: The configure script uses gcc (the GNU C compiler) if
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it finds it. If you don't want this, or if this compiler is
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readline library are in the FAQ (file Misc/FAQ).
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--with-thread: On most Unix systems, you can now use multiple threads.
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for threads lives in a peculiar place, you can use
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--with-thread=DIRECTORY. In the Modules/Setup file, enable
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the thread module. (Threads aren't enabled automatically
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because there are run-time penalties when support for them is
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compiled in even if you don't use them.) IMPORTANT: run "make
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clean" after changing (either enabling or disabling) this
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option!
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To enable this, pass --with-thread. (--with-threads is an
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alias.) If the library required for threads lives in a
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peculiar place, you can use --with-thread=DIRECTORY. In the
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Modules/Setup file, enable the thread module. (Threads aren't
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enabled automatically because there are run-time penalties
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when support for them is compiled in even if you don't use
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them.) IMPORTANT: run "make clean" after changing (either
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enabling or disabling) this option! Note: for DEC Alpha OSF/1,
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use --with-dec-threads instead.
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--with-sgi-dl: On SGI IRIX 4, dynamic loading of extension modules is
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supported by the "dl" library by Jack Jansen, which is

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