Re: Python recompile

On 03/03/2025 17:56, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:

On Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:39:58 -0500
James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wibbled:

On 3/3/25 11:24, geodandw wrote:

On 3/3/25 10:22, James Kuyper wrote:

On 03/03/2025 08:13, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:

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  That sounds like a C issue to me.

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If it were a C problem, then the C source code that produced the problem
should have been shown. It's hard to debug code that you can't see.

Why is this group so intolerant?

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Because what you call intolerance, we call topicality. When you post a
message to a group where it is on-topic, the message gets seen and

 Only an arrogant idiot would think that errors on linking object files
generated by a C compiler are not relevant in a C language group.
 

If the problem could be solved by understanding C better, it would be relevant.  But the problem has nothing to do with the C /code/ in question, nor the C language.  It's a matter of the build process for the particular program - not a C issue.  It is not even a linker issue, or a "make" issue.  It is an issue with the program source and build process, which is very specific to the program in question.
That means people who are experts on the C language, and experts at C coding, can't help the OP - no matter how much they would like to help.
Thus it is off-topic.
Of course it is possible that someone in this group is familiar with building Python, or with similar errors in building other programs - so it's maybe worth trying posting here.  But if unless the OP gets lucky like that, the best people here can do is give suggestions for other sources of help - and then the thread can stop as it is not only off-topic, but very niche.  The same goes for posting in comp.lang.python - amongst the Python users there who have no clue about the problem, there might happen to be people who have compiled Python themselves.
Probably the best place for the OP to look would be in the C-Python developer documentation, or groups, forums or mailing lists connected to that.
For the obligatory car metaphor, imagine a group dedicated to learning to drive and driving techniques.  A post about a particular make of car would be off-topic, but perhaps okay on occasion.  The OP's post here is asking for the best way to avoid roadworks on the Bath to Reading road. Maybe he'll get lucky and someone in the group knows that area, but for the most part, all the group can do is direct him to other sources of information - despite the fact that he is driving.