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Anthony Baxter 2006-09-18 06:45:59 +00:00
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@ -278,13 +278,15 @@ above) so we can remove them!)
GCC 4.1,
GCC 4.2: There is a known incompatibility between Python and GCC,
where GCC 4.1 takes an interpretation of C different from
prior GCC releases, in an area where C has undefined behaviour
(namely, integer arithmetic involving -sys.maxint-1).
where GCC 4.1 and later uses an interpretation of C
different to earlier GCC releases in an area where the C
specification has undefined behaviour (namely, integer arithmetic
involving -sys.maxint-1).
As a consequence, compiling Python with GCC 4.1/4.2 is not
recommend. It is likely that this problem will be resolved
recommended. It is likely that this problem will be resolved
in future Python releases. As a work-around, it seems that
adding -fwrapv to the compiler option restores the earlier
adding -fwrapv to the compiler options restores the earlier
GCC behaviour.
Unix platforms: If your vendor still ships (and you still use) Berkeley DB
@ -604,7 +606,7 @@ MacOSX: The tests will crash on both 10.1 and 10.2 with SEGV in
You may also want to try the configure option "--enable-universalsdk"
which builds Python as a universal binary with support for the
i386 and PPC architetures. This requires Xcode 2.1 or later to build.
i386 and PPC architectures. This requires Xcode 2.1 or later to build.
See Mac/OSX/README for more information on framework and
universal builds.