problems compiling Python, 0.9.28.2 upgrade

[Erik Andersen]

On Fri Feb 23, 2007 at 11:09:17PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm working with the Snapgear linux distribution 3.3.0, which contains
> uClibc 0.9.27. I'm trying to compile a recent Python.
> 
> I've built Python 2.4.4 with the help of a bunch of patches from around
> the net (the Python sf.net bug tracker, openembedded.org) and some of my
> own. However it fails many of its test cases, and notably all of the
> threading tests seem to hang.

dunno...  I'm using 0.9.28.2 in an application which uses
lots of threading and locking etc and it works for me...

> Can anyone give me suggestions on what to do about this? I would ideally
> like to have thread support included. Does anyone have a concise set of
> patches that are proven to produce a working Python?

buildroot/package/python/ has a set of patches which alledgedly
can be used to produce a working python, though I can't say I've
actually tried it myself.

 -Erik

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