Issue #18256: Compilation fix for recent AIX releases. Patch by David Edelsohn.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index ec8d94f..ae937af 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
Walter Dörwald
Hans Eckardt
Rodolpho Eckhardt
+David Edelsohn
John Edmonds
Grant Edwards
John Ehresman
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index aa76923..f1d6bf2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -537,6 +537,9 @@
Build
-----
+- Issue #18256: Compilation fix for recent AIX releases. Patch by
+ David Edelsohn.
+
- Issue #17547: In configure, explicitly pass -Wformat for the benefit for GCC
4.8.
diff --git a/Python/thread_pthread.h b/Python/thread_pthread.h
index 49713ce..e90ae7e 100644
--- a/Python/thread_pthread.h
+++ b/Python/thread_pthread.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
PyThread__init_thread(void)
{
#if defined(_AIX) && defined(__GNUC__)
+ extern void pthread_init(void);
pthread_init();
#endif
}
@@ -444,6 +445,7 @@
pthread_lock *thelock = (pthread_lock *)lock;
int status, error = 0;
+ (void) error; /* silence unused-but-set-variable warning */
dprintf(("PyThread_free_lock(%p) called\n", lock));
/* some pthread-like implementations tie the mutex to the cond
@@ -530,6 +532,7 @@
pthread_lock *thelock = (pthread_lock *)lock;
int status, error = 0;
+ (void) error; /* silence unused-but-set-variable warning */
dprintf(("PyThread_release_lock(%p) called\n", lock));
status = pthread_mutex_lock( &thelock->mut );