[mod_python] Build troubles on Solaris

It seems however that the resulting module causes apache to segfault.

Anyone out there know what might be happening, or can give me some 
guidelines for debugging?

Davin


Davin McCall wrote:

> I was having trouble building mod_python on Solaris 9, using gcc 3.4.4 
> and apache 2.0.54.
>
> I got:
>
> /usr/local/apache2/build/libtool --silent --mode=link gcc -o 
> mod_python.la  -rpath /usr/local/apache2/modules -module 
> -avoid-version    hlistobject.lo hlist.lo
> filterobject.lo connobject.lo serverobject.lo util.lo tableobject.lo 
> requestobject.lo _apachemodule.lo mod_python.lo 
> -L/usr/local/bin/../../../package/Python-2.4.1/usr/local/lib/python2.4/config 
> -lm -lpython2.4 -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -lrt
> -ldl -lpthread -lm _eprintf.o _floatdidf.o _muldi3.o
>
> *** Warning: Linking the shared library mod_python.la against the 
> non-libtool
> *** objects  _eprintf.o _floatdidf.o _muldi3.o is not portable!
> Text relocation remains                         referenced
>    against symbol                  offset      in file
> <unknown>                           0x1030      
> /usr/local/bin/../../../package/Python-2.4.1/usr/local/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(floatobject.o) 
>
> <unknown>                           0x1034      
> /usr/local/bin/../../../package/Python-2.4.1/usr/local/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(floatobject.o) 
>
> <unknown>                           0x1038      
> /usr/local/bin/../../../package/Python-2.4.1/usr/local/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(floatobject.o) 
>
> <unknown>                           0x103c      
> /usr/local/bin/../../../package/Python-2.4.1/usr/local/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(floatobject.o) 
>
> ...
>
> ... and eventually:
>
> ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable 
> sections
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
> .
> make[1]: *** [mod_python.so] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/mod_python-3.1.4/src'
> make: *** [do_dso] Error 2
>
>
> From browsing list archives I see that one or two other people have 
> had a similar problem.  I resolved it by re-building python with 
> --enable-shared. It doesn't mention in the mod_python docs that you 
> need to do this, but apparently so.
>
> Davin
>


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