During the build of python2.7 on a HP-UX machine I get this compile error when building the ctypes extension:

cc -Ae +z -Olimit 1500 -g -DNDEBUG -O -Ibuild/temp.hp-ux-B.11.23-9000-800-2.7/libffi/include -Ibuild/temp.hp-ux-B.11.23-9000-800-2.7/libffi -I/home/xsupport/bld/Python-2.7/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src -I/opt/python2.7/include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/home/xsupport/bld/Python-2.7/Include -I/home/xsupport/bld/Python-2.7 -c /home/xsupport/bld/Python-2.7/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c -o build/temp.hp-ux-B.11.23-9000-800-2.7/home/xsupport/bld/Python-2.7/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.o
cpp: "build/temp.hp-ux-B.11.23-9000-800-2.7/libffi/include/ffi.h", line 133: error 4044: Constant literal too large.
cpp: "build/temp.hp-ux-B.11.23-9000-800-2.7/libffi/include/ffi.h", line 134: error 4062: "no 64-bit data type supported"

Compiler version:

  B9007AA               C.11.23.12     HP C/aC++ Developer's Bundle 

System info:


HP-UX ah006b02 B.11.23 U 9000/800 2284397887 unlimited-user license

I don't think ctypes supports acc; try gcc instead.

I don't think installing GCC will be possible on the machine I did the build on (for non-technical reasons).

Is this issue still relevant?

Good question, the libffi copy included with cpython has recently changed.

There are HP-UX buildbots, but they have build problems. I'll try to test on an HP-UX system I've access to.

So much for testing, the machine I'm trying to test on is fairly old and doesn't have an up to date compiler. That compiler crashes when trying to build the 2.7.5 release :-(

Was this ever a Python issue if the compiler isn't supported by ctypes?  If it is a Python issue what is the likelihood of a fix being put in place for the 2.7 series?