2.3.3 on Solaris 10

[J.D. Bronson]

I am having trouble compiling python (from src) on Solaris 10 beta and was
wondering if someone can help me?

../configure (no options)
all looks good
then I run make:

gcc -c -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I.
-I./Include -DPy_BUILD_CORE -o Objects/cobject.o Objects/cobject.c
gcc -c -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I.
-I./Include -DPy_BUILD_CORE -o Objects/complexobject.o Objects/complexobject.c
Objects/complexobject.c: In function `complex_pow':
Objects/complexobject.c:469: error: invalid operands to binary ==
Objects/complexobject.c:469: error: wrong type argument to unary minus
Objects/complexobject.c:469: error: invalid operands to binary ==
Objects/complexobject.c:469: error: wrong type argument to unary minus
make: *** [Objects/complexobject.o] Error 1
and it fails.

Any ideas?

[Martin v. Löwis]

J.D. Bronson wrote:

I am having trouble compiling python (from src) on Solaris 10 beta and
was wondering if someone can help me? [...] Any ideas?

Yes, but we need your help to make the necessary corrections.

It is quite unclear what precisely the compiler error message is
complaining about, as the particular line (complexobject.c:469)
is expanded through multiple levels of macros.

Please do the following to narrow the source of the problem:

1. Compile the particular file with --save-temps:

gcc -c -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-I. -I./Include -DPy_BUILD_CORE -o Objects/complexobject.o
Objects/complexobject.c --save-temps

2. Remove all # (line) directives from complexobject.i (alternatively,
use -P for preprocessing - I couldn't make it work here, though)

grep -v "^#" complexobject.i >complexobject.ii
mv complexobject.ii complexobject.i

3. Compile the file again:

gcc -c -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O3 -Wall complexobject.i

4. Read the line containing the error. If it consists of multiple
statements, break those into multiple lines, one per statement,
and compile again.

5. If it then is not apparent what the problem is, post the
fragment of the preprocessor output, along with the (updated)
error message.

Regards,
Martin