Issue 1078245: Python2.4: building '_socket' extension fails with `INET_ADD (original) (raw)
Created on 2004-12-03 11:16 by stroeder, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.
Messages (8)
Author: Michael Ströder (stroeder)
Date: 2004-12-03 11:16
HI!
I'm trying to build Python2.4 on a rather old Debian machine. Building _socket fails (see below) although I tried to use
configure --disable-ipv6
I've added
#define INET_ADDRSTRLEN 16
to Modules/socketmodule.h which made it work. There were no problems compiling Python2.2 on the very same machine.
Ciao, Michael.
------------------------------ snip
building '_socket' extension
gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-fPIC -I. -I/tmp/Python-2.4/./Include
-I/user/W3311/local/include -I/usr/local/include
-I/tmp/Python-2.4/Include -I/tmp/Python-2.4 -c
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c -o build/t
emp.linux-i686-2.4/socketmodule.o
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c: In function
socket_inet_ntop': /tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: INET_ADDRSTRLEN' undeclared (first use this function)
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: (Each
undeclared identifier is reported only once
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: for each
function it appears in.)
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: size of
array `ip' has non-integer type
Author: Anthony Baxter (anthonybaxter) 
Date: 2004-12-13 13:19
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How old a debian release is this? It sounds like it's a just a broken system header, and I'm not entirely convinced that adding this to the already-large collection of #ifdefs in socketmodule is a path to happiness.
Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * 
Date: 2005-01-06 20:35
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There are already a few attempts to define ADDRSTRLEN if it is missing. Maybe we should just merge them into one, and define it if it is not defined, independent of the system.
Author: Garry J. Garrett (ggarrett)
Date: 2005-04-11 16:00
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I have the same problem on Solaris 7.
Author: Garry J. Garrett (ggarrett)
Date: 2005-04-11 16:37
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I got:
building '_socket' extension
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC
-fno-strict-aliasing -I. -I/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/./Include
-I/usr/local/include -I/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Include
-I/opt/src/Python-2.4.1 -c
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c -o
build/temp.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.4/socketmodule.o
In file included from
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:315:
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/getnameinfo.c: In function
fake_getnameinfo': /opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/getnameinfo.c:173: warning: implicit declaration of function inet_ntop'
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/getnameinfo.c:174: warning:
comparison between pointer and integer
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/getnameinfo.c:206: warning:
comparison between pointer and integer
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c: In function
socket_inet_ntop': /opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: error: INET_ADDRSTRLEN' undeclared (first use in this function)
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: error:
(Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: error:
for each function it appears in.)
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3380: warning:
assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: warning:
unused variable `ip'
My users then see...
regtester.py ../ini/tester.ini main
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./regtester.py", line 24, in ? import core_engine, core_event, core_action, logger File "/etsi/tst/regtester.1.0.0/scripts/core_engine.py", line 19, in ? import time, Queue, sched, copy, string, threading, asyncore, socket File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/asyncore.py", line 51, in ? import socket File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/socket.py", line 45, in ? import _socket ImportError: No module named _socket
I try your work-around. Doesn't help.
Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *
Date: 2005-04-11 21:23
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Unfortunately, non of us has Solaris 7, so there is little chance that we are able to develop a patch. Can you provide one?
Author: Garry J. Garrett (ggarrett)
Date: 2005-04-12 19:40
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I'm a SysAdmin. My users (programmers) who want this version of Python claim to have put this fix in place and it works (on a copy I'm sure is squirreled away in someone's home directory). Perhaps the account I'm using doesn't have something it needs in LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc.?
Author: Mark Lawrence (BreamoreBoy) *
Date: 2010-08-26 15:23
I don't believe that this can still be a problem.
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2022-04-11 14:56:08
admin
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github: 41278
2010-08-26 15:23:03
BreamoreBoy
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status: open -> closed
nosy: + BreamoreBoy
messages: +
resolution: out of date
2009-02-15 22:34:11
ajaksu2
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stage: test needed
type: behavior
versions: + Python 2.6, - Python 2.4
2004-12-03 11:16:09
stroeder
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