Re: Core dumps building Python on AIX

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[me]
> > make: *** [sharedmods] Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[Guido van Rossum]
> Hmm...  What does "file core" say?  (On Linux this tells us the name
> of the program that dumps core.  It seems that it could be gcc. :-( )

core:           data or International Language text

I tried looking around a bit with hexl-mode, but found nothing I
understood.  I found the string 'python' at 0x06BC, but I guess that
could mean anything.  I'll work on getting a gdb.

> I don't see a '-fPIC' option in the gcc invocation that created
> structmodule.o, to create position-independent code.  Maybe you can
> try again after adding this?  (If that works, we know we have to fix
> configure.in to add this to CCSHARED when the platform is AIX.)

Sadly, it made no difference.

Peace,
  Kalle
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Kalle Svensson, http://www.juckapan.org/~kalle/
Student, root and saint in the Church of Emacs.
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