Python2.4: building '_socket' extension fails with `INET_ADD

[stroeder]

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closed_at = <Date 2010-08-26.15:23:03.540>
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labels = ['extension-modules', 'type-bug']
title = "Python2.4: building '_socket' extension fails with `INET_ADD"
updated_at = <Date 2010-08-26.15:23:03.538>
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[stroeder]

HI!

I'm trying to build Python2.4 on a rather old Debian
machine.
Building _socket fails (see below) although I tried to use

configure --disable-ipv6

I've added

#define INET_ADDRSTRLEN 16

to Modules/socketmodule.h which made it work. There
were no problems compiling Python2.2 on the very same
machine.

Ciao, Michael.

------------------------------ snip
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building '_socket' extension
gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-fPIC -I. -I/tmp/Python-2.4/./Include
-I/user/W3311/local/include -I/usr/local/include
-I/tmp/Python-2.4/Include -I/tmp/Python-2.4 -c
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c -o build/t
emp.linux-i686-2.4/socketmodule.o
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c: In function
socket_inet_ntop': /tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: INET_ADDRSTRLEN' undeclared (first use this function)
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: (Each
undeclared identifier is reported only once
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: for each
function it appears in.)
/tmp/Python-2.4/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: size of
array `ip' has non-integer type

[anthonybaxter]

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How old a debian release is this? It sounds like it's a just
a broken system header, and I'm not entirely convinced that
adding this to the already-large collection of #ifdefs in
socketmodule is a path to happiness.

[loewis]

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There are already a few attempts to define ADDRSTRLEN if it
is missing. Maybe we should just merge them into one, and
define it if it is not defined, independent of the system.

[ggarrett]

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I have the same problem on Solaris 7.

[ggarrett]

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I got:

building '_socket' extension
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC
-fno-strict-aliasing -I. -I/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/./Include
-I/usr/local/include -I/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Include
-I/opt/src/Python-2.4.1 -c
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c -o
build/temp.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.4/socketmodule.o
In file included from
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:315:
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/getnameinfo.c: In function
fake_getnameinfo': /opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/getnameinfo.c:173: warning: implicit declaration of function inet_ntop'
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/getnameinfo.c:174: warning:
comparison between pointer and integer
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/getnameinfo.c:206: warning:
comparison between pointer and integer
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c: In function
socket_inet_ntop': /opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: error: INET_ADDRSTRLEN' undeclared (first use in this function)
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: error:
(Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: error:
for each function it appears in.)
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3380: warning:
assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/opt/src/Python-2.4.1/Modules/socketmodule.c:3350: warning:
unused variable `ip'

My users then see...

# regtester.py ../ini/tester.ini main
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./regtester.py", line 24, in ?
    import core_engine, core_event, core_action, logger
  File "/etsi/tst/regtester.1.0.0/scripts/core_engine.py",
line 19, in ?
    import time, Queue, sched, copy, string, threading,
asyncore, socket
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/asyncore.py", line 51, in ?
    import socket
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/socket.py", line 45, in ?
    import _socket
ImportError: No module named _socket

I try your work-around. Doesn't help.

[loewis]

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Unfortunately, non of us has Solaris 7, so there is little
chance that we are able to develop a patch. Can you provide one?

[ggarrett]

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I'm a SysAdmin. My users (programmers) who want this
version of Python claim to have put this fix in place and it
works (on a copy I'm sure is squirreled away in someone's
home directory). Perhaps the account I'm using doesn't have
something it needs in LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc.?

[BreamoreBoy]

I don't believe that this can still be a problem.