[mod_python] Mod_Python Make fails on Solaris 9

Jose De Leon jose.deleon at sun.com
Wed Feb 28 13:16:25 EST 2007


Thank you Graham! You pointed me in the right direction :) ... l 
recompiled Python 2.5 with Shared Libraries instead of Static, when l 
recompiled Mod_Python it worked like a charm, thanks again :)

./configure --with-shared




Graham Dumpleton wrote:
>
> On 28/02/2007, at 11:17 AM, Jose De Leon wrote:
>
>> I am about to rip my hair off! ... l been trying to figure out what 
>> is causing this compile problem any pointers or help in the right 
>> direction would be much appreciated. l have Apache 2.2.4 and are 
>> compiling Mod_Python with apxs
>>
>> strcat                              0xff0       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(import.o)
>> strcat                              0xffc       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(import.o)
>> strcat                              0x8f4       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x900       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x914       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x93c       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x948       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x990       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x99c       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x9ac       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x12d0      
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x1538      
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x1858      
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(getpath.o)
>> strcat                              0x66c       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(complexobject.o)
>> strcat                              0x790       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(complexobject.o)
>> strcat                              0x8a8       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(complexobject.o)
>> unlink                              0x5910      
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(import.o)
>> unlink                              0x59b0      
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(import.o)
>> unlink                              0x15a8      
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(posixmodule.o)
>> unlink                              0x15ac      
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(posixmodule.o)
>> fseek                               0x59e8      
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(import.o)
>> fseek                               0x48        
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(zipimport.o)
>> fseek                               0x148       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(zipimport.o)
>> fseek                               0x170       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(zipimport.o)
>> fseek                               0x1ec       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(zipimport.o)
>> fseek                               0x478       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(zipimport.o)
>> fseek                               0x4a4       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(zipimport.o)
>> fseek                               0x50c       
>> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(zipimport.o)
>>
>> ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable 
>> sections
>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>> apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
>> .
>> *** Error code 1
>> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `mod_python.so'
>> Current working directory /tmp/mod_python-3.3.1/src
>> *** Error code 1
>> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `do_dso'
>
> On Solaris, if libtool can only find a static version of library, it 
> needs to be coaxed into
> using it by ensuring the option:
>
>   -mimpure-text
>
> is supplied to the linker.
>
> I'm away from work so can't tell you where within makefiles or 
> otherwise you'll need to
> add this manually.
>
> For some details see:
>
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-11/msg01815.html
>
> Note the section about copy on write and stuff no longer acting like 
> shared objects.
> This can mean that each Apache child process can end up being quite a 
> lot bigger
> than it needs to as mod_python.so acts like a static object and not a 
> shared object.
> Since the Python library is static it ends up being a part of the 
> mod_python.so as well
> which just makes non shared memory used even more.
>
> You should consider look at rebuilding Python and configure it to 
> generate a shared
> library instead of a static if memory consumption is an issue.
>
> Graham
>
>


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