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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-01-12 12:24:52 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-01-12 12:24:52 (GMT)
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@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ chdir into each subdirectory in turn and run make there manually
(do the Modules subdirectory last!). If you run into trouble, first
see the section Troubleshooting later in this file.
-EXCEPTIONS: on SVR4 derived systems, you need to pass the configure
-script the option --with-svr4. See below for more options you can
-pass to the configure script.
-
AIX users: read the file Misc/AIX-NOTES before trying to build.
HP-UX users: read the file Misc/HPUX-NOTES if you want to be able to
@@ -117,14 +113,11 @@ options to the configure script:
- The configure script uses gcc (the GNU C compiler) if it finds it.
If you don't want this, or if this compiler is installed but broken on
-your platform, pass "CC=cc" (or whatever the name of the proper C
-compiler is) in the environment.
-
-- On System V, Release 4 derived systems (e.g. SOLARIS 2, but not
-IRIX 5) you need to call the configure script with the option
---with-svr4. This is needed so the libraries -lnsl and -lsocket are
-found. (On some other systems, e.g. IRIX 5, these libraries exist but
-are incompatible with other system libraries such as X11 and GL.)
+your platform, pass the option --without-gcc. You can also pass
+"CC=cc" (or whatever the name of the proper C compiler is) in the
+environment, but the advantage of using --without-gcc is that this
+option is remembered by the config.status script for its --recheck
+option.
- On SCO, a number of notes apply: