[mod_python] Compiling a DSO module for RedHat Linux on ALPHA 64bit.

Hi everyone,

    I'm fairly new to Python and I'm trying to setup the DSO module to use
with an Alpha (64bit) based RedHat 7.1 system.

    I have the following installed as RPMs:

apache-1.3.22-1.7.1
apache-devel-1.3.22-1.7.1

    I've installed Python 2.2 as two different directories:

/usr/src/Python-2.2
/usr/src/Python-2.2-no-threads

    Python 2.2 is compiled as:

./configure --exec-prefix=/usr
make
make test
make install

    and is installed in the system.

    I created the required no-threads version under Python-2.2-nothreads as:

./configure --exec-prefix=/usr --with-threads=no
make
    (did NOT do install, as its just for the mod_python module).

    I then created my mod_python under mod_python-2.7.6 as:

./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-python=/usr/src/Python-2.2-no-threads

    I had to edit the Makefile to get the compileall.py to work:

/usr/src/Python-2.2-no-threads/Lib/compileall.py  (it was ($LIB)/compileall.py).

    I do get a mod_python.so in the proper area and everything does seem to 
build alright. The problem is when I go to start HTTPD with the the
mod_python.so installed (yes, its the first module).

Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 205 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /etc/httpd/modules/mod_python.so into server: /etc/httpd/modules/mod
_python.so: undefined symbol: openpty
[FAILED]
 
    So, I start looking in Python-2.2-no-threads's config files to see where openpty
is coming from:

configure:4873: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -ldl  1>&5
/tmp/ccudvDyk.o: In function `main':
/usr/src/Python-2.2-no-threads/configure:4867: undefined reference to `_getpty'
/usr/src/Python-2.2-no-threads/configure:4867: undefined reference to `_getpty'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 4850 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
    which can conflict with char _getpty(); below.  */
#include <assert.h>
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
char _getpty();

int main() {

/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
#if defined (__stub__getpty) || defined (__stub____getpty)
choke me
#else
_getpty();
#endif

; return 0; }
configure:4845: checking for getpriority
configure:4873: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -ldl  1>&5
configure:4903: checking for openpty
configure:4931: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -ldl  1>&5
/tmp/ccgNnz9F.o: In function `main':
/usr/src/Python-2.2-no-threads/configure:4925: undefined reference to `openpty'
/usr/src/Python-2.2-no-threads/configure:4925: undefined reference to `openpty'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 4908 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
    which can conflict with char openpty(); below.  */
#include <assert.h>
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
char openpty();

int main() {

/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
#if defined (__stub_openpty) || defined (__stub___openpty)
choke me
#else
openpty();
#endif

; return 0; }
configure:4953: checking for openpty in -lutil
configure:4972: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lutil  -ldl  1>&5


So, it appears that it finds it in the util library... But it can't load into
apache???

Anyone else have this problem??? Or have a fix???
Thanks,
Carl
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