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0005053: module "_ctypes" missing on SPARC builds (Python 3.1)
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.
BIND 10 ticket: http://bind10.isc.org/ticket/2812 [^]
Issue History
2013-02-26 15:15 cstrotm New Issue
2013-03-31 19:57 maciej Status new => assigned
2013-03-31 19:57 maciej Assigned To => maciej
2013-03-31 19:57 maciej Note Added: 0010309
2013-03-31 19:57 maciej Status assigned => resolved
2013-03-31 19:57 maciej Resolution open => fixed
2013-04-21 12:17 maciej Status resolved => closed

Notes
(0010309)
maciej   
2013-03-31 19:57   
Python 3.1 has been removed from the unstable catalog, and 3.3 includes the ctypes module.