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@@ -411,43 +411,52 @@ Mac OS X 10: One of the regular expression tests fails want to manually install a symlink in /usr/local/bin/python to the executable deep down in the framework. -Cygwin: Cygwin Python builds OOTB when configured as follows: +Cygwin: With recent (relative to the time of writing, 2001-12-11) + Cygwin installations, Python builds and passes all tests on + NT/2000 if the _socket module is linked statically. If the + _socket module is linked dynamically (the default), then + failures can occur under certain conditions related to fork(). + This is a known Cygwin problem that may be resolved by rebasing + the necessary DLLs to prevent base address conflicts. - configure --with-threads=no + Threads support should still be disable due to a known bug in + Cygwin pthreads that causes test_threadedtempfile to hang. - assuming Cygwin 1.1.8-2 and gcc 2.95.3-1 or later. At the time - of this writing, Cygwin pthread support is being significantly - enhanced. Hopefully, there will be a Cygwin Python with thread - support soon. + To workaround the above, run "./configure --with-threads=no" and + include any other options you need (--prefix, etc.). Then in + Modules/Setup uncomment the lines: - Cygwin Python supports the building of shared extensions via the - traditional Misc/Makefile.pre.in and the newer distutils methods. + #SSL=/usr/local/ssl + #_socket socketmodule.c \ + # -DUSE_SSL -I$(SSL)/include -I$(SSL)/include/openssl \ + # -L$(SSL)/lib -lssl -lcrypto - On NT/2000, the following regression tests fail: + and remove "local/" from the SSL variable. And finally, just + run "make"! - test_poll (hang) - test_strftime + The _curses module does not build. This is an known Cygwin + ncurses problem that should be resolved the next time that this + package is released. - Due to the test_poll hang on NT/2000, one should run the - regression test using the following: + On older versions of Cygwin, test_poll may hang and test_strftime + may fail. - PYTHONPATH= ./python.exe -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -l -x test_poll - - On 9X/Me, in addition the above NT/2000 failures, it has been - reported that the following regression tests also fail: + The situation on 9X/Me/XP is not accurately known at present. + However, it is expected that XP should be the same (or at least + very similar to) NT/2000. Some time ago, there were reports that + the following regression tests failed on 9X/Me: test_pwd test_select (hang) test_socket - Due to the test_poll and test_select hang on 9X/Me, one should - run the regression test using the following: - - PYTHONPATH= ./python.exe -tt ./Lib/test/regrtest.py -l -x test_poll -x test_select + Due to the test_select hang on 9X/Me, one should run the regression + test using the following: - Help trying to track down the root causes for these known problems - will be greatly appreciated. + make TESTOPTS='-l -x test_select' test + News regarding these platforms with more recent Cygwin verions would + be appreciated! Configuring threads ------------------- |