[Python-Dev] How to build Python 2.6.2 on HP-UX Itanium with thread support? (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed May 13 21:35:21 CEST 2009

How to build Python 2.6.2 on HP-UX Itanium with thread support? Note: I know that the first address to post this question is comp.lang.python, but I posted this question a week ago on comp.lang.python (http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browsethread/thread/c7006ad8e5cf81e8) and unfortunately, I didn't receive any answers.

That isn't sufficient reason to post to python-dev, though.

Is HP-UX Itanium a supported platform at all?

Python does not have a single supported platform (*), so: no.

(*) in the sense that anybody is providing "support" for it, ie. guarantees help in case somebody has problems. (**)

HP-UX is not a platform that any of the regular Python contributors uses or tests on at a regular basis. Python contributors mostly use Linux, Windows, and OS X; some also use Solaris and *BSD.

And if it does work, which steps need to be taken to build it, e.g. other libraries/packages, environment variables, configure options, manual modifications?

This really is out of scope for python-dev.

In scope would be a proposal to apply a certain patch that you had to write Python work on HP-UX, and discussion whether this patch is the appropriate solution.

Regards, Martin

(**) There is, of course, ActiveState, which does provide binaries, including for HP-UX, so I suppose they support it - at least if you buy commercial support.

More information about the Python-Dev mailing list