Issue #10655: Fix the build on PowerPC on Linux with GCC when building with
timestamp profiling (--with-tsc): the preprocessor test for the PowerPC
support now looks for "__powerpc__" as well as "__ppc__": the latter seems to
only be present on OS X; the former is the correct one for Linux with GCC.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 98f7f8a..3fc052a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@
- Issue #10679: The "idle", "pydoc" and "2to3" scripts are now installed with
a version-specific suffix on "make altinstall".
+- Issue #10655: Fix the build on PowerPC on Linux with GCC when building with
+ timestamp profiling (--with-tsc): the preprocessor test for the PowerPC
+ support now looks for "__powerpc__" as well as "__ppc__": the latter seems to
+ only be present on OS X; the former is the correct one for Linux with GCC.
+
Tools/Demos
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diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 684c6c2..f6d4b0b 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
typedef unsigned long long uint64;
-#if defined(__ppc__) /* <- Don't know if this is the correct symbol; this
- section should work for GCC on any PowerPC
- platform, irrespective of OS.
- POWER? Who knows :-) */
+/* PowerPC suppport.
+ "__ppc__" appears to be the preprocessor definition to detect on OS X, whereas
+ "__powerpc__" appears to be the correct one for Linux with GCC
+*/
+#if defined(__ppc__) || defined (__powerpc__)
#define READ_TIMESTAMP(var) ppc_getcounter(&var)