Compiled Python 3.0 final and Python 2.6.1 on AIX 5.2 successfully

Today I compiled Python 3.0 final on AIX 5.2 after apply a small patch on multiprocessing.c and setup.py.

[Python 2.6.1] make test

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11 tests failed:

test_cmath test_fileio test_httpservers test_io test_locale

test_mmap test_multiprocessing test_posix test_pty test_urllib2

test_wait4

41 tests skipped:

test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_bsddb test_bsddb185

test_bsddb3 test_cd test_cl test_codecmaps_cn test_codecmaps_hk

test_codecmaps_jp test_codecmaps_kr test_codecmaps_tw test_ctypes

test_curses test_dl test_epoll test_gdbm test_gl test_imgfile

test_kqueue test_largefile test_linuxaudiodev test_macos

test_macostools test_normalization test_ossaudiodev test_pep277

test_py3kwarn test_scriptpackages test_socketserver test_sqlite

test_ssl test_startfile test_sunaudiodev test_timeout

test_urllib2net test_urllibnet test_winreg test_winsound

test_zipfile64

3 skips unexpected on aix5:

test_ssl test_largefile test_ctypes

[Python 3.0 final] make test

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286 tests OK.

10 tests failed:

test_binascii test_cmath test_fileio test_httpservers test_io

test_mmap test_multiprocessing test_posix test_pty test_wait4

25 tests skipped:

test_codecmaps_cn test_codecmaps_hk test_codecmaps_jp

test_codecmaps_kr test_codecmaps_tw test_ctypes test_curses

test_dbm_gnu test_epoll test_kqueue test_largefile test_nis

test_normalization test_ossaudiodev test_pep277 test_socketserver

test_sqlite test_startfile test_timeout test_urllib2net

test_urllibnet test_winreg test_winsound test_xmlrpc_net

test_zipfile64

3 skips unexpected on aix5:

test_curses test_largefile test_ctypes

# cat aix-patch

diff -Naur Python-2.6/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c Python-2.6-clean-patch/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c

--- Python-2.6/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c 2008-06-14 00:38:33.000000000 +0200

+++ Python-2.6-clean-patch/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.c 2008-10-07 12:23:55.000000000 +0200

@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@

#include "multiprocessing.h"

+#ifndef CMSG_SPACE

+#define CMSG_SPACE(len) (_CMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct cmsghdr)) + _CMSG_ALIGN(len))

+#endif

+#ifndef CMSG_LEN

+#define CMSG_LEN(len) (_CMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct cmsghdr)) + (len))

+#endif

+

PyObject *create_win32_namespace(void);

PyObject *pickle_dumps, *pickle_loads, *pickle_protocol;

diff -Naur Python-2.6/setup.py Python-2.6-clean-patch/setup.py

--- Python-2.6/setup.py 2008-09-30 02:15:45.000000000 +0200

+++ Python-2.6-clean-patch/setup.py 2008-10-07 12:23:34.000000000 +0200

@@ -1277,6 +1277,14 @@

)

libraries = []

+ elif platform.startswith('aix'):

+ macros = dict(

+ HAVE_SEM_OPEN=1,

+ HAVE_SEM_TIMEDWAIT=0,

+ HAVE_FD_TRANSFER=1

+ )

+ libraries = ['rt']

+

else: # Linux and other unices

macros = dict(

HAVE_SEM_OPEN=1,