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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1999-01-11 16:45:44 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1999-01-11 16:45:44 (GMT)
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Add note about gcc-2.8.1 setting sys.maxint to -1 on 64-bit IRIX.
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@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ SGI: SGI's standard "make" utility (/bin/make or /usr/bin/make)
without optimization. The bug is fixed in version 7.2.1 of
the compiler.
+ A bug in gcc-2.8.1 sets sys.maxint to -1 which *also* seems to
+ break Modules/pypcre.c. The egcs versions of gcc fix this
+ problem. (Raj Srinivasan)
+
OS/2: If you are running Warp3 or Warp4 and have IBM's VisualAge C/C++
compiler installed, just change into the pc\os2vacpp directory
and type NMAKE. Threading and sockets are supported by default