Re: Building Python 0.9.7b for IBM/AIX-6000 with GL support

Guido.van.Rossum@cwi.nl
Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:23:05 +0100

>I have managed to rebuild Python 0.9.7b successfully on my new IBM RS6000.
>( I haven't been active on this list lately - I've been busy trying to port
> a lot of stuff off of our old VAX-750 onto various PC's, Mac's & unixes. )

[Some stuff deleted -- I'll see if I can make the necessary changes in
the Makefile to make life easier in this case...]

>Now, I've been trying to rebuild it with GL support.
[...]
>|.endpupmode
>|.pupmode
>|.dglclose
>|.dglopen
>|.qgetfd
[...]
>dglclose & dglopen are on the list of unsupported functions.
>( Meaning, they SHOULD be there for the linker to resolve, but they don't DO
>anything! )
>
>endpupmode & popmode are listed on the obsolete list, but they aren't
>defined in the glports.h include file.
>
>And I can't find qgetfd at all!

My suggestion: edit the "cstubs" file, commenting out the lines that
define these functions. Then regenerate glmodule.c (Make should do
this automatically) and then relink. These functions are all
non-essential. See demo/sgi/gl for some examples...

I'll remove all from the next release, except qgetfd, which is
essential for some applications, but I may add a note to the
installation notes.

(In a hurry,)

--Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <guido@cwi.nl>
"Well I'm a plumber. I can't act"