Oh, well, various miscellaneous changes.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 9d19b85..33ca859 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
__domain__) and differs in one crucial aspect: __init__.py is
required, and loaded in the package's namespace instead of as a
submodule. For more information, see
- http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/python/essays/packages.html.
+ http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html.
- The new "re" module (Perl style regular expressions) is here. It
is based on Philip Hazel's pcre code; the Python interfaces were put
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
- All standard exceptions and most exceptions defined in standard
extension modules are now classes. Use python -X to revert back to
string exceptions. See
- http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/python/essays/stdexceptions.html
+ http://www.python.org/doc/essays/stdexceptions.html
for more info.
- Comparisons can now raise exceptions (previously, exceptions
@@ -295,16 +295,15 @@
comment out the crypt module in the same file.
DEC Unix: When enabling threads, use --with-dec-threads, not
- --with-thread.
+ --with-thread. When using GCC, it is possible to get an
+ internal compiler error if optimization is used. This was
+ reported for GCC 2.7.2.3 on selectmodule.c. Manually compile
+ the affected file without optimization to solve the problem.
AIX: A complete overhaul of the shared library support is now in
place. See Misc/AIX-NOTES for some notes on how it's done.
-
- WARNING! In some versions of AIX, you get errors about
- Invalid Indent when running the Python test set. This appears
- to be a bug in the AIX compiler. Rebuild Parser/tokenizer.c
- using OPT="" or OPT=-g, or use gcc. According to the latest
- reports, it seems this compiler bug is still present in 4.2.1.
+ (The optimizer bug reported at this place in previous releases
+ has been worked around by a minimal code change.)
Minix: When using ack, use "CC=cc AR=aal RANLIB=: ./configure"!
@@ -322,8 +321,15 @@
3) According to at least one report, the above apply only to
SCO 3 -- Python builds out of the box on SCO 5.
-SunOS 4.x: When using the standard "cc" compiler, certain modules may
+SunOS 4.x: There seems to be a linker problem -- the linker doesn't
+ like the dot in the library name "-lpython1.5". The simplest
+ solution is to edit the "link:" target in Modules/Makefile to
+ change
+ -L.. -lpython$(VERSION)
+ into
+ $(LIBRARY)
+ When using the standard "cc" compiler, certain modules may
not be compilable because they use non-K&R syntax. You should
be able to get a basic Python interpreter by commenting out
such modules in the Modules/Setup file, but I really recommend
@@ -385,6 +391,11 @@
you set the first line of the Makefile to #!/usr/sbin/smake
smake will be invoked by make (likewise for GNU make).
+ A bug in the MIPSpro 7.1 compiler's optimizer seems to break
+ Modules/pypcre.c. The short term solution is to compile it
+ without optimization. The bug appears to be fixed in version
+ 7.2.1 of the compiler.
+
OS/2: If you are running Warp3 or Warp4 and have IBM's VisualAge C/C++
compiler installed, just change into the pc\os2vacpp directory
and type NMAKE. Threading and sockets are supported by default