[bug-notifications] [python33 0005053]: module "_ctypes" missing on SPARC builds (Python 3.1)

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The following issue has been ASSIGNED. 
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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5053 
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Reported By:                cstrotm
Assigned To:                maciej
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Project:                    python33
Issue ID:                   5053
Category:                   
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2013-02-26 15:15 CET
Last Modified:              2013-03-31 19:57 CEST
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Summary:                    module "_ctypes" missing on SPARC builds (Python
3.1)
Description: 
I'm using Python 3.1 from OpenCSW testing. Unfortunately, as I only have
one SPARC machine, and it is my production development machine, I cannot
upgrade to "unstable" to test out Python 3.3 for now. But based on the
makefile (see below) I believe the same issue appears there as well.

Problem:

I'm trying to use Python 3.1 to start BIND 10 (bind10.isc.org), which
imports the "_ctypes" module. "_ctypes" exists in the i386 builds of
OpenCSW, but not in the SPARC builds.

The makefile at 
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/lang-python/python/branches/python-3.3/Makefile#L14
suggest that this is a known issue.

I was able to build Python 3 (3.2.3 and 3.3.0) on Solaris 10 SPARC
including "_ctypes" by using the " --with-system-ffi" switch on
"./configure".

my request is to build Python 3.x on SPARC with "_ctypes" in the future or
even to update the existing packages.
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