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Misc/NEWS

@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #18259: Declare sethostname in socketmodule.c for AIX
+
 - Issue #18147: Add diagnostic functions to ssl.SSLContext(). get_ca_list()
   lists all loaded CA certificates and cert_store_stats() returns amount of
   loaded X.509 certs, X.509 CA certs and CRLs.

Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/powerpc/ffi.c

@@ -146,12 +146,14 @@ ffi_prep_args_SYSV (extended_cif *ecif, unsigned *const stack)
   } p_argv;
   size_t struct_copy_size;
   unsigned gprvalue;
+#ifndef __NO_FPRS__
+  double double_tmp;
+#endif
 
   stacktop.c = (char *) stack + bytes;
   gpr_base.u = stacktop.u - ASM_NEEDS_REGISTERS - NUM_GPR_ARG_REGISTERS;
   intarg_count = 0;
 #ifndef __NO_FPRS__
-  double double_tmp;
   fpr_base.d = gpr_base.d - NUM_FPR_ARG_REGISTERS;
   fparg_count = 0;
   copy_space.c = ((flags & FLAG_FP_ARGUMENTS) ? fpr_base.c : gpr_base.c);

Modules/socketmodule.c

@@ -4066,6 +4066,11 @@ socket_sethostname(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     Py_buffer buf;
     int res, flag = 0;
 
+#ifdef _AIX
+/* issue #18259, not declared in any useful header file */
+extern int sethostname(const char *, size_t);
+#endif
+
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "S:sethostname", &hnobj)) {
         PyErr_Clear();
         if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&:sethostname",