On 10/04/2019 17:05, STINNER Victor wrote:
> STINNER Victor <vstinner@redhat.com> added the comment:
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> I like the idea. Would you like to propose a patch? I suggest to only make such change in Python 3.8 and properly document it.
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If I understand correctly, the change should be quite simple:

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 73ee71c..9632add 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ then
     MACHDEP="$ac_md_system$ac_md_release"

     case $MACHDEP in
+       aix*) MACHDEP="aix";;
        linux*) MACHDEP="linux";;
        cygwin*) MACHDEP="cygwin";;
        darwin*) MACHDEP="darwin";;

However, I am less familiar with (where) the appropriate documentation
is. A pointer to the documentation is appreciated.