Re: Python 1.2 on NeXTSTEP

Lele Gaifax (lele@nautilus.eclipse.it)
Fri, 21 Apr 95 15:18:23 +0200

It seems that 3.3 cures the trouble... but it isn't clear to me
what problem the '-posix' flag cures on NeXTSTEP. I mean, with
simple changes I got python 1.2 compiled with gcc and no '-posix'
flag, and it seems working ok (with 3.3user/3.2dev).

So the problem is: is it needed at all?

> LG> Another point: configure.in uses "uname" to build the name of
> LG> the subdirectory of library that contains system specific
> LG> code. This is bad, since "uname" is not available
> LG> everywhere... This is the result on NeXTSTEP:
>
> Saw the same thing when I built the quad-fat, but I just ignored it
> and all seemed to work okay.

Yes, at least since we won't create/use shared libs on NeXTSTEP ;-)
In that direction I think it would be better using a more portable
way to recognize the OS name.

bye, lele.