From: Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:10:04 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add some notes that got python to work on the snake farm
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~2114
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Add some notes that got python to work on the snake farm
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diff --git a/Misc/AIX-NOTES b/Misc/AIX-NOTES
index c532facbc6d6..4f82a81d4a20 100644
--- a/Misc/AIX-NOTES
+++ b/Misc/AIX-NOTES
@@ -137,4 +137,20 @@ NOTE:  If the extension module is written in C++ and contains templates,
        known whether makeC++SharedLib can be used as a complete substitute
        for ld_so_aix.
 
+According to Gary Hook from IBM, the format of the export file changed
+in AIX 4.2.  For AIX 4.2 and later, a period "." is required on the
+first line after "#!".  If python crashes while importing a shared
+library, you can try modifying the LINKCC variable in the Makefile.
+It probably looks like this:
+
+	LINKCC=     $(srcdir)/Modules/makexp_aix Modules/python.exp \"\" $(LIBRARY); $(PURIFY) $(CXX)
+
+You should modify the \"\" to be a period:
+
+	LINKCC=     $(srcdir)/Modules/makexp_aix Modules/python.exp . $(LIBRARY); $(PURIFY) $(CXX)
+
+Using a period fixed the problem in the snake farm.  YMMV.
+After testing with different versions of AIX, a fix should
+be checked in.  Hopefully, this fix be incorporated into Python 2.3.
+
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