Using python api embed on AIX 6.1,Modules import error,need help!!!!!
I have compile Python2.5.5 on Aix 6.1 using condigure:
 ./configure --with-gcc="xlc_r -q64" --with-cxx="xlC_r -q64" --disable-ipv6 AR="ar -X64"
when i run Python,and import math module,it works well:

ibm1:python2.5>python
Python 2.5.5 (r255:77872, Nov 28 2011, 13:32:10) [C] on aix6
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import math
>>> 

But when i using in my C++ program,it works erro,the follow is mt code :
//{{C++

#include <stdio.h>
#include "Python.h"
#include <dlfcn.h> 

int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
             Py_Main(argc, argv); 
}

//}}

When i run this code.it has erro like that:
ibm1:pytest>pytest
Python 2.5.5 (r255:77872, Nov 28 2011, 13:32:10) [C] on aix6
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import math
_PyImport_GetDynLoadFunc142:/usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/math.so,flags=2_____
_PyImport_GetDynLoadFunc_erro:/usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/math.so
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError:    0509-130 Symbol resolution failed /usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/math.so because:
        0509-136   Symbol PyArg_Parse (number 0) is not exported from
                   dependent module pytest.
        0509-136   Symbol PyArg_ParseTuple (number 1) is not exported from
                   dependent module pytest.
        0509-136   Symbol Py_BuildValue (number 2) is not exported from
                   dependent module pytest.
        0509-136   Symbol PyDict_GetItemString (number 3) is not exported from
                   dependent module pytest.
        0509-136   Symbol PyErr_NoMemory (number 4) is not exported from
                   dependent module pytest.
        0509-136   Symbol PyErr_Occurred (number 5) is not exported from
                   dependent module pytest.
        0509-021 Additional errors occurred but are not reported.
        0509-192 Examine .loader section symbols with the
                 'dump -Tv' command.
                
>>>

It may be related to issue941346.  Can you try with a newer version of Python? 2.5 is not maintained anymore.

thanks a lot. as your surggest,i try python2.7.2,but when i build it on AIX 6.1, it can not compile success,breaked by xlc_c console. 
Informations:


checking size of double... 8
checking size of long double... 8
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes
checking assembler .cfi pseudo-op support... no
checking whether .eh_frame section should be read-only... no
checking for __attribute__((visibility("hidden")))... no
xlc_r: 1501-210 (W) command option t contains an incorrect subargument



  xlc(1)                     IBM (2008)                      xlc(1)



  NAME
         xlc, xlc++, xlC, cc, c89, c99, xlCcore, xlc++core and
         related commands - invoke the IBM XL C/C++ compiler.


  SYNTAX
         <invocation-command> [ <option> | <inputfile> ] ...


  DESCRIPTION
         The invocation commands compile C and C++ source files.
         The commands and their recommended uses are described
         below.

         Invocations                   Usage (supported standards)
         _________________________________________________________

         xlc, xlc_r, xlc_r4,           Compile C source files.
         xlc_r7, xlc128, xlc128_r,     (ANSI C89, ISO C99,
         xlc128_r4, xlc128_r7          IBM language extensions)

         xlc++, xlc++_r, xlc++_r4,     Compile C++ source files.
         xlc++_r7, xlc++128,
         xlc++128_r, xlc++128_r4,
         xlc++128_r7, xlC, xlC_r,
         xlC_r4, xlC_r7, xlC128,
         xlC128_r, xlC128_r4,
:

By the way,i have compared the "configure.in" with Python-2.7_shared_AIX.diff in Issue941346,and can not find any modification of building share library on AIX in Python 2.7.2' source code.

Is the man page really displayed during compilation? It's a bit weird that the CC compiler behaves this way. Is this common behavior on AIX?

By the way, you are already in the "make" command;  the output you show is made during compilation of the "_ctypes" module, by the script Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure.  Can you try and see which part of the script displays the man page?

Sorry,it just a common behave of xlC_r,we can ignore it.

So i sucess build libpython2.7.so using --enable-shared:

./configure --enable-shared --with-gcc="xlc_r -q64" --with-cxx="xlC_r -q64" --disable-ipv6 AR="ar -X64"

I make install python2.7.2,but when i run python2.7,it crashed. why  python2.7 can not load libpython2.7.so? libpython2.7.so has been installed at /usr/local/lib

informations:


# ls
2to3                  idle                  python2.5-config
autoconf              ifnames               python2.5-config-bak
autoheader            m4                    python2.6
autom4te              oraenv                python2.6-config
autoreconf            pydoc                 python2.7
autoscan              python                python2.7-config
autoupdate            python-config         smtpd.py
coraenv               python-config-bak     tclsh8.4
dbhome                python2.5             wish8.4
# python2.7
exec():509-036 can not load program python2.7 because of
        0509-150 can not load sub module libpython2.7.so
        0509-022 can not load  libpython2.7.so
        0509-026 system erro: file or dir do noe exists;
#

I'm sorry I don't know much about AIX. How are shared libraries searched? is /usr/local/lib a standard place for them?

After a couple of google search I suggest the following command:
   LIBPATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib python2.7

Thank Amaury,you are right.
So python2.7 share library compile finished,and python2.7 works,and then
I write a test program,to test libpython2.7.so share library,but it dumped!

code:
-----------------------
#include <stdio.h>^M
#include "Python.h"^M
#include <dlfcn.h> ^M
^M
int main( int argc, char **argv )^M
{^M

 Py_Initialize(); 
if(!Py_IsInitialized())
{
        printf("py initialized fail!");
        return -1;
}

void* handle = dlopen("/usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/time.so", 2);
if (handle == NULL) {
       const char *error = dlerror();
       if (error == NULL)
            error = "unknown dlopen() error";
           printf("erro=%s\n",error);
          return NULL;
}
if(!Py_IsInitialized())
{
        printf("py initialized fail!");
        return -1;
}

printf("hi,python!\n");

PyRun_SimpleString("from time import time,ctime\nprint 'Today is',ctime(time())\n");

Py_Finalize();
}
----------------------------------------------------

This code can compile sucess,but run core dump:

ibm1:mmi>pytest
hi,python!
Fatal Python error: Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?)

The core dump file:
---------------------------------------------------------
IOT/Abort trap in pthread_kill at 0x900000000e23450 ($t1)
0x900000000e23450 (pthread_kill+0xb0) e8410028          ld   r2,0x28(r1)
(dbx) run
hi,python!
Fatal Python error: Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?)

IOT/Abort trap in pthread_kill at 0x900000000e23450 ($t1)
0x900000000e23450 (pthread_kill+0xb0) e8410028          ld   r2,0x28(r1)
(dbx) where
pthread_kill(??, ??) at 0x900000000e23450
_p_raise(??) at 0x900000000e22cc8
raise.raise(??) at 0x90000000002b10c
abort() at 0x900000000094544
pythonrun.Py_FatalError(msg = "init%.200s"), line 1675 in "pythonrun.c"
modsupport.Py_InitModule4_64(name = (nil), methods = 0x09001000a0b467d8, doc = (invalid char ptr (0x2f7573722f6c6f63)), passthrough = 0x616c2f6c69622f70, module_api_version = 0), line 38 in "modsupport.c"
inittime(), line 825 in "timemodule.c"
importdl._PyImport_LoadDynamicModule(name = (nil), pathname = "", fp = 0x0000000000000004), line 53 in "importdl.c"
import.load_module(name = "", fp = 0x0fffffffffffd8d8, buf = "^O\377\377\377\377\377\316p^I", type = 150994944, loader = 0x0000000110016e90), line 1830 in "import.c"
import.import_submodule(mod = 0x0900000005d0ebc4, subname = "", fullname = "^I"), line 2592 in "import.c"
import.load_next(mod = 0x0000000000000005, altmod = (nil), p_name = 0x0900000005dcba27, buf = "", p_buflen = 0x09001000a0b2f9d0), line 2412 in "import.c"
import.import_module_level(name = (nil), globals = 0x000000011008c328, locals = 0x000000011008c328, fromlist = 0x000000011013d608, level = -1), line 2133 in "import.c"
import.PyImport_ImportModuleLevel(name = "", globals = (nil), locals = 0x0900000005dcba20, fromlist = 0x09001000a0b2f9d0, level = 268435455), line 2185 in "import.c"
bltinmodule.builtin___import__(self = 0x0fffffffffffd970, args = 0x0000000000000060, kwds = 0x0fffffffffffd980), line 48 in "bltinmodule.c"
methodobject.PyCFunction_Call(func = 0x0fffffffffffd9f0, arg = 0x09001000a0b467d8, kw = 0x0fffffffffffda00), line 85 in "methodobject.c"
abstract.PyObject_Call(func = 0x0900000005cb9ae4, arg = 0x09001000a0b467d8, kw = 0x0fffffffffffda90), line 2492 in "abstract.c"
ceval.PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(func = 0x0000000000000004, arg = 0x00000001100992d0, kw = 0x000000011008c328), line 3619 in "ceval.c"
ceval.PyEval_EvalFrameEx(f = 0x0fffffffffffdda0, throwflag = 0), line 2159 in "ceval.c"
ceval.PyEval_EvalCodeEx(co = (nil), globals = 0x000000011000ca50, locals = 0x0fffffffffffdee4, args = 0x000000011019a740, argcount = 1, kws = 0x09001000a0075420, kwcount = -1159983106, defs = 0xbadc0ffee0ddf00d, defcount = 0, closure = (nil)), line 3000 in "ceval.c"
ceval.PyEval_EvalCode(co = 0x0900000005d578cc, globals = 0x488842281006e148, locals = (nil)), line 541 in "ceval.c"
pythonrun.run_mod(mod = 0x0fffffffffffdff0, filename = "^I\377\377\377\360", globals = 0x0900000000028c20, locals = 0x09001000a0b467d8, flags = 0xbadc0ffee0ddf00d, arena = 0x09001000a0075420), line 1351 in "pythonrun.c"
pythonrun.PyRun_StringFlags(str = "\350A", start = -1159983106, globals = 0xbadc0ffee0ddf00d, locals = 0xbadc0ffee0ddf00d, flags = 0xbadc0ffee0ddf00d), line 1314 in "pythonrun.c"
pythonrun.PyRun_SimpleStringFlags(command = "sucess!", flags = 0x0000000000000001), line 967 in "pythonrun.c"
main.main(argc = 1, argv = 0x0fffffffffffe190), line 42 in "main.cpp"
(dbx) 
---------------------------------------
the line 38 in "modsupport.c":
    if (!Py_IsInitialized())
        Py_FatalError("Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?)");
it looks like "Py_IsInitialized()" is false,but in my main(),the "Py_IsInitialized()" return true.

> dlopen("/usr/local/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/time.so", 2);

You are trying to open a .so from another Python installation.
It won't work: it is certainly linked to another Python VM, which is not initialized.

-> void* handle = dlopen("/usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/time.so", 2);
this code can work well,but when the code run to :
PyRun_SimpleString("from time import time,ctime\nprint 'Today is',ctime(time())\n");

it dumped, i think it make be because of there are two python handle running,one is main thread ,anthother is the  time.so.

No activity since 2011, I close the issue.