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authorThomas Wouters <thomas@python.org>2001-02-15 11:45:29 (GMT)
committerThomas Wouters <thomas@python.org>2001-02-15 11:45:29 (GMT)
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Rewrite AIX blurb to make clear threads are the default, and add note about
setting the non-C++ compiler to a threadsafe one as well.
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@@ -266,12 +266,13 @@ DEC Ultrix: compile with GCC to avoid bugs in the native compiler,
and pass SHELL=/bin/sh5 to Make when installing.
AIX: A complete overhaul of the shared library support is now in
- place. See Misc/AIX-NOTES for some notes on how it's done.
+ place. See Misc/AIX-NOTES for some notes on how it's done.
(The optimizer bug reported at this place in previous releases
- has been worked around by a minimal code change.)
- In addition, Gary Duzan has a hint for C++ users: to enable
- full C++ module support, set CC="xlC" (or CC="xlC_r" for thread
- support in AIX 4.2.1).
+ has been worked around by a minimal code change.) If you get
+ errors about ptread_* functions, during compile or during
+ testing, try setting CC to a thread-safe (reentrant) compiler,
+ like "cc_r". For full C++ module support, set CC="xlC_r" (or
+ CC="xlC" without thread support).
HP-UX: Please read the file Misc/HPUX-NOTES for shared libraries.
When using threading, you may have to add -D_REENTRANT to the