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More cygwin news. This section is getting a bit long. Oh well.

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@ -418,52 +418,70 @@ Mac OS X 10: One of the regular expression tests fails
install a symlink in /usr/local/bin/python to the executable
deep down in the framework.
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.
Cygwin: With recent (relative to the time of writing, 2001-12-19)
Cygwin installations, there are problems with the interaction
of dynamic linking and fork(). This manifests itself in build
failures during the execution of setup.py.
Threads support should still be disable due to a known bug in
Cygwin pthreads that causes test_threadedtempfile to hang.
There are two workarounds that both enable Python (albeit
without threading support) to build and pass all tests on
NT/2000 (and most likely XP as well, though reports of testing
on XP would be appreciated).
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:
The workarounds:
(a) the band-aid fix is to link the _socket module statically
rather than dynamically (which is the default).
To do this, run "./configure --with-threads=no" including any
other options you need (--prefix, etc.). Then in Modules/Setup
uncomment the lines:
#SSL=/usr/local/ssl
#_socket socketmodule.c \
# -DUSE_SSL -I$(SSL)/include -I$(SSL)/include/openssl \
# -L$(SSL)/lib -lssl -lcrypto
and remove "local/" from the SSL variable. And finally, just
run "make"!
and remove "local/" from the SSL variable. Finally, just run
"make"!
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.
(b) The "proper" fix is to rebase the cygwin DLLs to prevent
base address conflicts. Details on how to do this can be
found in the following mail:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-12/msg00894.html
It is hoped that a version of this solution will be
incorporated into the cygwin distribution fairly soon.
Two additional problems:
(1) Threading support should still be disabled due to a known
bug in Cygwin pthreads that causes test_threadedtempfile to
hang.
(2) 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.
On older versions of Cygwin, test_poll may hang and test_strftime
may 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:
The situation on 9X/Me is not accurately known at present.
Some time ago, there were reports that the following
regression tests failed:
test_pwd
test_select (hang)
test_socket
Due to the test_select hang on 9X/Me, one should run the regression
test using the following:
Due to the test_select hang on 9X/Me, one should run the
regression test using the following:
make TESTOPTS='-l -x test_select' test
News regarding these platforms with more recent Cygwin verions would
be appreciated!
News regarding these platforms with more recent Cygwin
versions would be appreciated!
Configuring threads
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