multiprocessing does not compile on systems which do not define sem_timedwait

[henryprecheur]

BPO	3876
Nosy	@skrah
Files	aix-patch: Patching multiprocessing. EKIT.PATCH3: cope with missing sem_timedwait() on Solaris9 EKIT.PATCH2: CMSG_SPACE/CMESG_LEN macros

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closed_at = <Date 2013-01-17.12:40:00.463>
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labels = ['extension-modules', 'build']
title = 'multiprocessing does not compile on systems which do not define sem_timedwait'
updated_at = <Date 2013-01-17.12:40:00.384>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/henryprecheur'

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actor = 'skrah'
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components = ['Extension Modules']
creation = <Date 2008-09-16.05:10:02.294>
creator = 'henry.precheur'
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issue_num = 3876
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priority = 'normal'
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type = 'compile error'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue3876'
versions = ['Python 2.6', 'Python 3.1']

[henryprecheur]

Compiling multiprocessing on OpenBSD fails. iovec is not declared.

Adding the following line to multiprocessing.c solves the problem:
#include <sys/uio.h>

But right after I got:
./python:build/lib.openbsd-4.4-amd64-2.6/_multiprocessing.so: undefined
symbol 'sem_timedwait'

It looks like multiprocessing is using a function that is not defined in
OpenBSD and very likely on other BSD's (FreeBSD & NetBSD don't have a
man page for this function)

According to this page, some other systems don't have this function:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/sem_005ftimedwait.html

[brasse]

When trying to build Python 2.6 on AIX 5.2 the following error message:

(
The steps I have taken prior to this are:

1. export PATH=/usr/bin/:/usr/vacpp/bin/
2. ./configure --with-gcc=xlc_r --with-cxx=xlC_r --disable-ipv6
3. make
   )

./Modules/ld_so_aix xlc_r -bI:Modules/python.exp build/temp.aix-5.2-
2.6/home/mabr/Python-2.6/Modules/_multiprocessing/multiprocessing.o
build/temp.aix-5.2-2.6/home/mabr/Python-
2.6/Modules/_multiprocessing/socket_connection.o build/temp.aix-5.2-
2.6/home/mabr/Python-2.6/Modules/_multiprocessing/semaphore.o -
L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.aix-5.2-2.6/_multiprocessing.so
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .sem_timedwait
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .CMSG_SPACE
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .CMSG_LEN
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
information.
*** WARNING: renaming "_multiprocessing" since importing it failed: No
such file or directory
error: No such file or directory
make: The error code from the last command is 1.

[brasse]

Here is a small patch that lets me build on AIX 5.2.

[aniou]

I confirm build failure on NetBSD 4.0.1 (latest stable) - but
NetBSD-current is - probably - also affected:

*** WARNING: renaming "_multiprocessing" since importing it failed:
build/lib.netbsd-4.0.1-i386-2.6/_multiprocessing.so: Undefined PLT
symbol "sem_timedwait" (symnum = 20)

system: NetBSD 4.0.1 (i386)
Python version: 2.6

[iandekit]

Similarly, compile fails on Solaris 9 due to lack of sem_timedwait()
so here is a patch for that. Solaris 10 was the first Solaris
to have this function so the patch adapts for that case.

[iandekit]

Similar to aix-patch, I enclose what I did for compilation
on Solaris 9, using macros from Solaris 10's headers.

These differ slightly to the aix ones, but I don't know if the
difference matters. (alignment related)

[sable]

For info: I have no problem compiling _multiprocessing and passing the unittest test_multiprocessing with py3k rev84631 on AIX 6.1 with xlc_r compiler without the patch proposed here.

I don't know if this is due to some updates in Python (3.2alpha2+) or AIX (6.1).

[asksol]

What is the status of this issue? There are several platform listed here, which I unfortunately don't have access to.

[skrah]

On OpenBSD 5.2 this is fixed. The AIX buildbot looks okay and I doubt
that anyone will commit something for Solaris 9.