[csw-maintainers] 64-bit python

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Geoff,

Am 20.04.2011 um 23:35 schrieb Geoff Davis:
> I am incredibly motivated to get a 64-bit version of python running, as I have a software suite that is now 64-bit only and needs to link against a 64-bit relatively modern python installation (2.6 or greater). Solaris 10 unfortunately ships with Python 2.4, which is too old.
> 
> The effort to make a 64-bit version of ImageMagick also looks like it needs a 64-bit python. See http://wiki.opencsw.org/imagemagick and http://wiki.opencsw.org/project-imagemagick64
> 
> I see that Maciej had started working on a 64-bit python version but that it's not ready for primetime. What are the catches with getting this ready to go out to the real world?

You may want to look at the 64 bit Perl recipe, which is not 100% done, but on a
good way:
  http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/browser/csw/mgar/pkg/perl/trunk/Makefile


Best regards

  -- Dago