[Python-Dev] Solaris family and 64 bits compiling

Tue Nov 23 01:47:01 CET 2010

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On 23/11/10 01:05, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> No offense taken. If you really want to know the historical background:
> this was the very first build slave (before I actually announced it to
> python-dev), and I haven't changed much from the initial setup.

I do really want to know. I love trivia :-). Thanks.
> I just point out that none of the binaries in /usr/bin is a 64-bit
> binary; this includes the Sun-provided /usr/sfw/bin/python
>>> The "-L/usr/local/lib" should be "-L/usr/local/lib/64". An example of many.
>> Is that really the case? I.e. will ncurses automatically install into
> /usr/local/lib/64 if built with a 64-bit compiler? My installation
> doesn't even have a /usr/local/lib/64 folder.

A fresh Solaris 10 install doesn't even have a "/usr/local" directory :).
Sadly today most Open Source code is written like if Linux were the only
Unix system out there.
I was amazed that OpenSSL 1.0 installs automatically in
"/usr/local/ssl/lib" when compiled in 32 bits, and in
"/usr/local/ssl/lib/64" when compiled in 64 bits. I almost cry.
> In any case: this shouldn't need a configure option. Instead, Python can
> find out itself whether it's a 64-bit build, and make modifications
> it considers necessary.

I agree. Python should detect it automatically and update the paths when
compiling.
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