Greetings,

  I have downloaded and compiled Python 3.1b1 on Solaris 10 Update 6
with GCC 4.1.2 on {SPARC,x86} x {32-bit,64-bit} and encountered only one
test harness failure, which was on SPARC 64-bit.

  Included below are the initial details, is there something more I can
do to assist, if so, please be specific.

Regards,
Peter


./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -v test_ctypes

======================================================================
FAIL: test_longdouble (ctypes.test.test_callbacks.Callbacks)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/64-bit/Python-3.1b1/Lib/ctypes/test/test_callbacks.py",
line 81, in test_longdouble
    self.check_type(c_longdouble, 3.14)
  File "/tmp/64-bit/Python-3.1b1/Lib/ctypes/test/test_callbacks.py",
line 30, in check_type
    self.failUnlessEqual(self.got_args, (-3, arg))
AssertionError: First differing element 1:
0.0
3.14
- (-3, 0.0)
+ (-3, 3.14)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 328 tests in 3.853s

FAILED (failures=1)
test test_ctypes failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/64-bit/Python-3.1b1/Lib/ctypes/test/test_callbacks.py",
line 81, in test_longdouble
    self.check_type(c_longdouble, 3.14)
  File "/tmp/64-bit/Python-3.1b1/Lib/ctypes/test/test_callbacks.py",
line 30, in check_type
    self.failUnlessEqual(self.got_args, (-3, arg))
AssertionError: First differing element 1:
0.0
3.14
- (-3, 0.0)
+ (-3, 3.14)

1 test failed:
    test_ctypes

The test code (from Python-3.1b1/Lib/ctypes/test/test_callbacks.py)

    79  
    80      def test_longdouble(self):
    81          self.check_type(c_longdouble, 3.14)
    82          self.check_type(c_longdouble, -3.14)
    83  

and ealier in the same file

    11  
    12      def callback(self, *args):
    13          self.got_args = args
    14          return args[-1]
    15  
    16      def check_type(self, typ, arg):
    17          PROTO = self.functype.__func__(typ, typ)
    18          result = PROTO(self.callback)(arg)
    19          if typ == c_float:
    20              self.failUnlessAlmostEqual(result, arg, places=5)
    21          else:
    22              self.failUnlessEqual(self.got_args, (arg,))
    23              self.failUnlessEqual(result, arg)
    24  
    25          PROTO = self.functype.__func__(typ, c_byte, typ)
    26          result = PROTO(self.callback)(-3, arg)
    27          if typ == c_float:
    28              self.failUnlessAlmostEqual(result, arg, places=5)
    29          else:
    30              self.failUnlessEqual(self.got_args, (-3, arg))
    31              self.failUnlessEqual(result, arg)
    32  
 


[software@specula] 64-bit SPARC % gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: sparc64-sun-solaris2.10
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/pkgs/64-bit/release/gcc-4.1.2
--with-local-prefix=/pkgs/64-bit --disable-nls --disable-multilib
--enable-shared --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as --without-gnu-as
--with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --without-gnu-ld --with-gmp=/pkgs/64-bit
--with-mpfr=/pkgs/64-bit --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,fortran
sparc64-sun-solaris2.10
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.2

[software@specula] 64-bit SPARC % cat /etc/release     
                      Solaris 10 10/08 s10s_u6wos_07b SPARC
           Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                        Use is subject to license terms.
                            Assembled 27 October 2008

Build Procedure
---------------

Python 3.1b1

## Note PKGS_PREFIX=/pkgs/64-bit and PKGS_RELEASE=/pkgs/64-bit/release

gtar fxv <path>/Python-3.1b1.tar.bz2
cd Python-3.1b1

# The CPPFLAGS & LDFLAGS are used by setup.py in external modules builds
CPPFLAGS="-I${PKGS_PREFIX}/include" LDFLAGS="-L${PKGS_PREFIX}/lib"
./configure --prefix=${PKGS_RELEASE}/Python-3.1b1
--datarootdir=${PKGS_RELEASE}/Python-3.1b1 --with-universal-archs=64-bit 

echo "crypt cryptmodule.c" >> Modules/Setup.local  ## Solaris does not
need -lcrypt

gmake
gmake test