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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Misc/NEWS. Some highlights: __domain__) and differs in one crucial aspect: __init__.py is required, and loaded in the package's namespace instead of as a submodule. For more information, see - http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/python/essays/packages.html. + http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html. - The new "re" module (Perl style regular expressions) is here. It is based on Philip Hazel's pcre code; the Python interfaces were put @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Misc/NEWS. Some highlights: - All standard exceptions and most exceptions defined in standard extension modules are now classes. Use python -X to revert back to string exceptions. See - http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/python/essays/stdexceptions.html + http://www.python.org/doc/essays/stdexceptions.html for more info. - Comparisons can now raise exceptions (previously, exceptions @@ -295,16 +295,15 @@ Linux: On Linux version 1.x, once you've built Python, use it to run comment out the crypt module in the same file. DEC Unix: When enabling threads, use --with-dec-threads, not - --with-thread. + --with-thread. When using GCC, it is possible to get an + internal compiler error if optimization is used. This was + reported for GCC 2.7.2.3 on selectmodule.c. Manually compile + the affected file without optimization to solve the problem. 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. - - WARNING! In some versions of AIX, you get errors about - Invalid Indent when running the Python test set. This appears - to be a bug in the AIX compiler. Rebuild Parser/tokenizer.c - using OPT="" or OPT=-g, or use gcc. According to the latest - reports, it seems this compiler bug is still present in 4.2.1. + (The optimizer bug reported at this place in previous releases + has been worked around by a minimal code change.) Minix: When using ack, use "CC=cc AR=aal RANLIB=: ./configure"! @@ -322,8 +321,15 @@ SCO: 1) Everything works much better if you add -U__STDC__ to the 3) According to at least one report, the above apply only to SCO 3 -- Python builds out of the box on SCO 5. -SunOS 4.x: When using the standard "cc" compiler, certain modules may +SunOS 4.x: There seems to be a linker problem -- the linker doesn't + like the dot in the library name "-lpython1.5". The simplest + solution is to edit the "link:" target in Modules/Makefile to + change + -L.. -lpython$(VERSION) + into + $(LIBRARY) + When using the standard "cc" compiler, certain modules may not be compilable because they use non-K&R syntax. You should be able to get a basic Python interpreter by commenting out such modules in the Modules/Setup file, but I really recommend @@ -385,6 +391,11 @@ SGI: SGI's standard "make" utility (/bin/make or /usr/bin/make) you set the first line of the Makefile to #!/usr/sbin/smake smake will be invoked by make (likewise for GNU make). + A bug in the MIPSpro 7.1 compiler's optimizer seems to break + Modules/pypcre.c. The short term solution is to compile it + without optimization. The bug appears to be fixed in version + 7.2.1 of the compiler. + 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 |